“The opioid crisis is placing enormous fiscal, political, and humanitarian pressure on states. States have a variety of proven tools at their disposal for addressing such public health challenges. A number of these tools can be applied to improve opportunities for treatment of people with opioid use disorders. States can influence access to effective treatment because they license providers, regulate pharmacies, administer the Medicaid program, and oversee the public behavioral health care system. In what follows, we outline state policies that promote treatment of opioid use disorders (OUDs) and more broadly people with substance abuse disorders (SUDs).”
Read more at: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180927.51221/full/
Source: HealthAffairs.com – October 2, 2018
