Fentanyl killed 75,000 people in 2022. Now it’s making one of the best treatments for opioid addiction harder to use.
Addiction
Posted inPublic Health
Should Remote Opioid Addiction Treatment Stay in the Mix?
Two recent studies show the impact of an ongoing, COVID-era rule that let doctors treat opioid addiction entirely remotely.
Posted inMental Health
Local Officials Grapple With How to Spend Billions in Opioid Settlement Dollars
More than $50 billion in opioid settlement dollars from drugmakers, distributors and pharmacies are starting to flow to state and local governments.
Posted inInsurance
California Bets Big on Housing in Medicaid
We trace the origins, early results and challenges of California’s ambitious new Medicaid initiative to pay for some non-medical services like connecting people to housing.
Posted inPublic Health
What Happened When COVID Eased Methadone Restrictions?
Leslie Suen writes about new research suggesting loosened methadone regulations have not led to more overdoses or drug sales as many have long feared.
Posted inMental Health
Answering the Call, Part 1: America’s New Mental Health Crisis Line
A new nationwide crisis line launches in July 2022. Will it be ready to meet America’s mental health needs?
Posted inHealth Law
Harm Reduction’s Road From Fringe to Federal Drug Policy
How a once taboo strategy to keep drug users safe has become more mainstream and what that could mean for our overdose crisis.
Posted inInsurance
Rethinking Telehealth’s Role in Treating Addiction
COVID opened the door to treating addiction remotely. Now policymakers have to decide whether to keep telehealth around.
Posted inHealth Equity
Raising the Minimum Wage Saved Lives
Atheendar Venkataramani on a study showing that state increases in minimum wage and earned income tax credits led to fewer suicides.
Posted inPublic Health
Infection Is Not the Only Pandemic Health Risk
Preeti Malani on data showing an increase in ED visit rates for mental health, overdose and violence during the pandemic.