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9-2020

Study: COVID-19 Threatens the Incarcerated With Loss of Life-Saving OAT Treatment

September 29, 2020 by Barbara Goodheart, ELS

For people with opioid use disorder (OUD), getting into or staying in an opioid agonist treatment (OAT) program while in jail or prison has never been easy. But incarcerated populations now face a new challenge: the COVID-19 pandemic threatens access to treatment programs and their life-saving medications.  Sachini Bandara, PhD, and her colleagues at Johns Hopkins, … [Read more...] about Study: COVID-19 Threatens the Incarcerated With Loss of Life-Saving OAT Treatment

Why OTPs Need To Stay In The Mix: The Shatterproof Yelp-like Pilot

September 28, 2020 by Alison Knopf

When Shatterproof launched its new ATLAS (Addiction Treatment Locator, Assessment, and Standards Platform) project, funded largely by insurance companies, as a pilot in six states, opioid treatment programs (OTPs) of New York State said yes, they want to participate. The reason is not because OTPs are interested in having disgruntled patients post complaints in a public site, … [Read more...] about Why OTPs Need To Stay In The Mix: The Shatterproof Yelp-like Pilot

New OTPs In Tennessee, Where Medicaid Now Covers Methadone/OTP

September 3, 2020 by Alison Knopf

This summer, the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency (HSDA) granted a Certificate of Need (CON) for the establishment of a new opioid treatment program (OTP) in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. Owned by The Patricia Hall Talbott Legacy Centers, LLC, a company named after the founder’s mother, and doing business as TLC Maryville, the Maryville OTP will provide … [Read more...] about New OTPs In Tennessee, Where Medicaid Now Covers Methadone/OTP

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