King of Prussia, Pa.-based Recovery Centers of America, a provider of addiction treatment services, inked a coverage agreement with Boston-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts for its Danvers, Mass.-based Boston Center for Addiction Treatment.
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Twenty-two opioid-related overdoses occurred in the span of 48 hours in Suffolk County, N.Y., resulting in at least one fatality, according to a report from NBC New York.
Republican Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday declared a statewide health emergency in Arizona due to surging rates of opioid overdose deaths.
When the CDC finishes tallying drug overdose deaths for 2016, the number will likely fall between 59,000 and 65,000, according to a New York Times projection authored by John Katz.
Kirk Norris, president and CEO of the Iowa Hospital Association, warns that passage of the AHCA could potentially lead to 200,000 fewer insured Iowans and higher costs for the elderly.
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HHS Secretary Tom Price, MD, on Wednesday said the agency will offer more than $70 million in grants designed to curb rates of opioid-related deaths and expand access to treatment for opioid addiction.
Leaders from the National Institutes of Health outlined a new plan for addressing what has been dubbed the worst drug epidemic in American history by multiple public officials.
The misuse of opiates — heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine and fentanyl, among others — represents one of the leading causes of accidental death in the U.S.
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson will host a two-day summit on the opioid epidemic June 15-16 at the University of Washington in Seattle.