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