New report reveals that Medicare beneficiaries are not receiving medication to treat opioid use disorder

on January 7, 2022

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The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) recently released a report mid-December of 2021. The data found that Medicare beneficiaries were not receiving medication to treat their opioid use disorder. Within the report, the data showed that in 2020, over 1 million Medicare beneficiaries were diagnosed with opioid use disorder. Read more here.