Everyone has had to adjust to life while facing the threat of COVID-19. While this health crisis rages on, so does the war against the opioid crisis. Some treatment centers have had to stop taking new patients in order to help flatten the curve of spread. So how are addicted persons getting help with medication-assisted
Home detox is an option that many people would probably prefer to a detox center. Home detox services with medical professionals fill a vital treatment gap. After all, many people searching for a path to recovery try to get clean and sober on their own, without medical guidance. It seldom works. But many people don’t
Medication-assisted Treatment (MAT) can be a lifeline for those who are addicted to opioids and struggle with long-term cravings and short-term withdrawal symptoms. However, research by NPR shows that doctors and pharmacists mistrust the drug, resulting in few people seeking help with addiction gaining access to it. Doctors Have Little Incentive to Prescribe Buprenorphine Buprenorphine,
The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office recently charged the co-founder and former executives of an addiction treatment network, accusing them of profiting off addicts by fraudulently billing insurance companies to the tune of 44 million dollars in insurance money for treatment, with little interest in helping addicted clients get clean and sober. The charges announced by
There is still an opioid problem in America, but there’s also a problem with access to the health care required to fix the addiction epidemic. Opioids are such a problem that South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Florida, Maryland, Alaska, Virginia, and Massachusetts all issued a state of emergency declaration in the past few years. However, funding
This week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. Gina Raimondo's took a tour of the facilities for inmates and people involved in the post-incarceration program. Gov. Raimondo then participated in a roundtable discussion about the state's medication-assisted treatment program. Introduced in 2017, the program offers inmates in the prison system, also called AC)
Patient brokering, a practice that has cost many people seeking recovery from addiction to lose their lives to overdose, has been officially outlawed in the state of Illinois after backlash from the addiction recovery advocates. What is Patient Brokering? Patient brokering is a term that’s used loosely to describe a practice that’s become commonplace across
The Food and Drug Administration is looking to expand medication-assisted opioid treatment, a type of treatment that often has a stigma attached to it due to being misunderstood. Much of this stigma is ill-suited, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told a U.S. House committee last Wednesday, and his agency is taking action to make these drugs
Recovery Centers of America, a luxury treatment center provider with facilities across the Northeastern US, has come under fire for promising their residents a journey filled with upscale trimmings. Promising a lifestyle similar to an inpatient spa, RCA seems to be the ideal place to meet the everyday needs of people recovering from addiction, if
Fair Health, a nonprofit that provides research to the health industry and consumers, had released research that shows that medical responses to patients in need of opioid-related treatment services can vary greatly. An analysis of addiction services provided in five states showed a 3,000 percent increase in the volume of insurance claims related to opioid
