— Opioid use disorder medication remains underused, and cost appears to contribute, studies show. by Jennifer Henderson | Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today | August 7, 2023 For young people with opioid use disorder (OUD), buprenorphine costs have declined overall but with drastic variation by payer type, researchers found. Examining buprenorphine[Read More…]
Recovery
As the opioid epidemic worsens, recovery-friendly policies are the next frontier in workplace inclusion
BY ERIKA FRY July 27, 2023 at 5:30 AM EDT An opioid emergency kit at Genfoot, a boot manufacturer in Littleton, N.H. PHOTOGRAPH BY TONY LUONG For employers interested in cultivating a recovery-friendly culture, getting started can be daunting. The U.S. Department of Labor offers some guidance at its Recovery-Ready[Read More…]
Monthly Buprenorphine Initiation Rates Remain Flat, Despite Policy Changes
Jul 19, 2023 Killian Meara Only 1 in 5 patients who initiated buprenorphine were retained in therapy for at least 180 days. Despite several policy changes that aimed to increase access to buprenorphine during the COVID-19 pandemic, monthly initiation rates of buprenorphine therapy have remained flat, according to research results.1[Read More…]
Mountain State Spotlight explains: West Virginia’s opioid settlement foundation will soon have board members. Here’s how they’re picked.
By Allen Siegler for Mountain State Spotlight Local governments have been selecting their representatives for the West Virginia First Foundation. Here’s the process and what impact they’ll have on the state’s efforts to abate the opioid crisis. In the coming days, local government leaders across West Virginia are set to[Read More…]
AMERICA’S APPROACH TO ADDICTION HAS GONE OFF THE RAILS
In a time of fentanyl and meth, we need to use law enforcement differently—and more often. By Sam Quinones This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. In Louisville, Kentucky,[Read More…]
Opioid settlement payouts to localities made public for the first time
Thousands of local governments nationwide are receiving settlement money from companies that made, sold, or distributed opioid painkillers, like Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen, and Walmart. The companies are shelling out more than $50 billion total in settlements from national lawsuits. But finding out the precise amount each city or county[Read More…]
New rehab center to open doors within 2 months; Adkins named site administrator
Addiction Recovery Care (ARC), a faith-based drug rehabilitation organization, plans to open its Owensboro location within 45 days — with hopes to bring approximately 125 new jobs and serve up to 300 clients. The location will be called Yellow Banks Recovery Center, and Sarah Adkins has been site administrator. The recovery[Read More…]
New addiction recovery center opens in Morehead
By Brandon Robinson MOREHEAD, Ky. (WYMT) – People living in one Northeastern Kentucky community now have a new option for addiction recovery. On Monday, Gov. Andy Beshear, Senior Advisor Rocky Adkins and members of the community officially opened the new Raven Cares facility in Morehead. The new non-profit residential recovery facility[Read More…]
Millions with opioid addiction don’t receive residential treatment
Live-in facilities offer ‘some of the best treatment for those with severe substance use’ CHICAGO — Approximately 7 million adults in the U.S. are living with opioid use disorder (OUD). Yet a new Northwestern Medicine study that measured residential treatment use among Medicaid enrollees across nine states found only 7% of enrollees[Read More…]
Lexington Addiction Center cuts ribbon on new facility
by: Josh Shortt LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — Those looking for a long-term aftercare program for addiction recovery will soon have a new resource in Lexington. Staff from the Lexington Addiction Center were joined by members of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce to cut the ribbon on the new Lexington facility at[Read More…]