Substance Use Disorder
Drug overdose deaths declined 5.1% in 2018 to about 68,000, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Six health care organizations in rural North Carolina communities will share $1.2 million in federal grant funds to strengthen and expand their response to opioid use disorder with increased planning; prevention; evidence-based treatment, including medication-assisted treatment; and recovery…
The National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic will host a free public webinar July 22 at 3 p.m. ET on best practices and evidence standards for opioid tapering.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week approved Section 1115 waivers allowing Minnesota and Nebraska to implement demonstration projects to increase access and treatment for Medicaid beneficiaries with opioid and other substance use disorders.
The House Ways and Means Committee today passed the Opioid Workforce Act (H.R. 3414), AHA-supported legislation that would add 1,000 Medicare-funded training positions in hospitals with approved residency programs in addiction medicine, addiction psychiatry or pain management.
State Medicaid agencies can apply through Aug. 9 for planning grants to expand provider capacity to deliver substance use disorder treatment and recovery services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday.
More than half of the 4.2 million Americans who reported misusing prescription opioids when surveyed between 2012 and 2014 also reported binge drinking, according to a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
A federal task force created by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 to recommend updates to best practices for managing chronic and acute pain yesterday issued its final report, which calls for an individualized, patient-centered approach.
The Health Resources and Services Administration yesterday awarded 120 organizations, including hospitals, $200,000 each to develop community partnerships and plans to prevent and reduce opioid use disorder in high-risk rural counties.
The AHA today expressed support for the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act (H.R.1767/S. 824), bipartisan legislation that would renew and expand an innovative demonstration program that expands access to treatment of mental illnesses and substance use disorders…