Expanding Medicare Coverage of Substance Use Disorder Treatments and Services Delivered Through Telehealth -
Section 2001 of the Support Act expressly extends Medicare coverage for SUD services and treatment delivered via...more
A bill to temporarily lift the restriction on federal Medicaid funding for certain substance use disorder (“SUD”) services to adults between ages 21 and 64 in an institution for mental disease (“IMD”) passed the House on June...more
Medicaid Funds Have Been Limited for Inpatient and Residential Treatment for Substance Use Disorder (“SUD”) -
Until recently, Medicaid funds for inpatient or residential treatment of SUD have been restricted by a federal...more
In the fourth episode of our series on the national opioid crisis, Ruth Granfors and Tracy Lawless discuss how opioid treatment is reimbursed under Medicaid and other public programs...more
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In late October, President Trump declared the nation’s opioid addiction crisis a public health emergency. Less than a week later, the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis (the “Commission”)...more
Following closely on the heels of the first anniversary of the passage of Act 16, known as the Medical Marijuana Act (the “Act”), the Pennsylvania Department of Health (“PA DOH”) published the final Temporary Physician and...more
A lack of consensus regarding both medical and recreational marijuana has sparked intense debate across the country. Combined with federal law prohibitions, the state-by-state mosaic creates a dynamic legal landscape....more