Removing barriers to opioid use disorder treatment shows success during pandemic
Pandemic-era changes to prescribing guidelines for the lifesaving drug buprenorphine led to improved treatment outcomes for patients with opioid use disorder in Philadelphia, according to a recently published study in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports from researchers at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health. The authors analyzed data from medical records and […]
Unwinding Medicaid’s Pandemic Protections Won’t Be Easy, Experts Say
When the public health emergency (PHE) ends, pandemic-era protections that allowed Medicaid enrollees to remain in the program regardless of changes to their eligibility, will also end. Will states and the federal government be ready for the transition, or will beneficiaries fall through the cracks? “The stakes couldn’t be higher,” said Kinda Serafi, JD, a […]