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October 11, 2019
NHeLP’s Comments on the Development of a CMS Action Plan to Address the Opioid Epidemic
Héctor Hernández-Delgado Comments
In comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the National Health Law Program urged the agency to adopt an Action Plan to Prevent Opioid Addiction and Enhance Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) that recognizes the inherent value of the Medicaid program as a tool to combat…
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April 3, 2019
Pregnancy, Opioid Use Disorder, and Opioid Agonist Treatment: A Fact Sheet for State-Level Advocates
Rachel Holtzman Fact Sheet
The worsening crisis of opioid-related harm in the U.S. touches all members of society, including pregnant people. People may use opioids during pregnancy for a variety of reasons, including pain management and because they have an opioid use disorder (OUD). Individuals who seek evidence-based care for OUD often experience…
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January 24, 2019
Substance Use Disorders in Medi-Cal: An Overview
Héctor Hernández-Delgado Issue Brief
Significant obstacles remain for low-income individuals and historically underserved communities throughout the country, such as California. Staff Attorney Héctor Hernández-Delgado examines California's efforts to provide quality care for people with substance use disorders (SUD), and provides an overview of the services that health are services provided through the state's Medicaid…
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May 16, 2018
Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: The Gold Standard
Corey Davis, Carli Suba, and Amy Lieberman Issue Brief
Lack of access to proper treatment for substance use disorders is harming lives of thousands, write National Health Law Program's Carli Suba, Amy Lieberman and Corey Davis. "States and the federal government can use numerous means to ensure that health care providers receive evidence-based education in the appropriate treatment"…
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February 22, 2018
NHeLP Comments Urge Senate to Safeguard Medicaid in Addressing Opioid Crisis
dfitzgerald Comments
The National Health Law Program in comments to the Senate Finance Committee urges lawmakers to support Medicaid and its funding structure in efforts to address the opioid epidemic, which "now kills more individuals than HIV/AIDs did at the height of that epidemic in the 1990s." The National Health Law…
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July 24, 2017
Children of the Opioid Crisis
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
The opioid crisis has caused an influx of children in the foster care system, and proposals in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and drastically cut federal Medicaid funding threaten the care of the these children, "the hidden victims of the opioid crisis," writes Senior Attorney Jennifer Lav in…
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NHeLP’s Comments on the Development of a CMS Action Plan to Address the Opioid Epidemic

Pregnancy, Opioid Use Disorder, and Opioid Agonist Treatment: A Fact Sheet for State-Level Advocates

Substance Use Disorders in Medi-Cal: An Overview

Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: The Gold Standard

NHeLP Comments Urge Senate to Safeguard Medicaid in Addressing Opioid Crisis

Children of the Opioid Crisis