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AHRQ Map Offers Data on Opioid-Related Inpatient, ED Services
Aug 14, 2017 ||The map shows that 39 states experienced an increase in opioid-related hospitalizations, including 32 states that are home to at least one essential hospital.
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Commission on Opioid Crisis Issues Interim Report
Aug 2, 2017 ||The Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis' interim report encourages the president to declare a national emergency to fight the opioid epidemic.
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Toolkit Aims To Help Hospitals Raise Opioid Awareness
Jul 25, 2017 ||The toolkit — released by The MetroHealth System in Cleveland and other partners — outlines steps to help raise awareness of the opioid epidemic.
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CDC Awards More Than $12M To Combat Opioid Epidemic
Jul 24, 2017 ||The funding will be used to track and prevent opioid overdoses; meanwhile, a report finds a drop in the estimated rate of Americans misusing prescription drugs.
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Despite reductions in opioid prescribing, the amount of opioids prescribed in 2015 still was triple the amount prescribed in 1999.
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MACPAC Highlights Role of Medicaid in Fighting Opioid Epidemic
Jun 19, 2017 ||In a report to Congress, the commission details state solutions for improving care delivery, increasing treatment availability, and reducing opioid misuse.
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The Opioid Crisis: Hospital Prevention and Response
Jun 12, 2017 ||This brief summarizes background on the opioid crisis and the key role essential hospitals play in the health care industry’s response to the opioid crisis.
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CMS To Host Webinar on Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Jun 9, 2017 ||The webinar on June 28 will focus on the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program's Reducing Substance Use Disorders program area.
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HHS To Award More Than $70M To Combat Opioid Crisis
Jun 5, 2017 ||The funds aim to increase the use of medication-assisted treatment, train first responders, and increase access to overdose reversal medications.
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Statement on the Administration’s Fiscal 2018 Budget Proposal
May 23, 2017 ||The budget proposal would harm the people who need help most: low-income working Americans, struggling families, the poor elderly and disabled, and many millions of others.
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HHS Awards States $485 Million to Combat Opioid Crisis
Apr 24, 2017 ||In awarding the funds, HHS Secretary Tom Price committed to collaborating with states and seeking their “assistance to identify best practices, lessons learned, and key strategies that produce measurable results.”
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CDC Releases Online Training Module for Opioid Prescribing
Apr 19, 2017 ||The training resource is the first in a series of eight learning modules to be released this year on the CDC opioid prescribing guidelines.
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CMS Finalizes 2018 MA and Part D Payment Policies
Apr 4, 2017 ||The agency estimates that MA organization payment rates will increase by 0.45 percent on average in 2018, with an expected average revenue increase of 2.95 percent when accounting for coding changes.
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New Commission Will Study Federal Response to Opioid Crisis
Apr 3, 2017 ||President Trump established the commission and ordered it to make final recommendations by Oct. 1; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will serve as chair.
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