At Acadia Family Center Speaker Series on Opioids, King Highlights Bipartisan Push to Expand Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Under Medicaid
During Acadia Family Center's speaker series on the drug and opioid epidemic,
"Every day, 91 Americans die from an opioid overdose, impacting every community across the states we represent - urban, suburban, and rural - and the entire
The Medicaid CARE Act modifies the IMD Exclusion to allow Medicaid coverage for up to 40 beds within larger appropriately accredited "residential addiction treatment facilities" for up to 60 consecutive days for adults with substance use disorders. The bill allows individuals receiving addiction treatment in such a facility to maintain Medicaid coverage for other medical services, which are currently ineligible under the IMD Exclusion. In
The legislation also establishes a new
The bill is endorsed by more than 40 substance use disorder advocacy groups, including the
Over the past 25 years, the number of opioid pain relievers dispensed in
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