Biden Administration Eases Rules for Mobile Vans for Substance Use Treatment medpagetoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from medpagetoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
One of the spillover effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the increase in opioid-related deaths. These deaths overwhelmingly affect working-class Americans with limited access and.
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One of the spillover effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the increase in opioid-related deaths. These deaths overwhelmingly affect working-class Americans with limited access and resources to lifesaving drugs such as buprenorphine and naloxone. As a result, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the Practice Guidelines for the Administration of Buprenorphine for Treating Opioid Use Disorder (Practice Guidelines) through a waiver of certain certification requirements prescribed by law. The Practice Guidelines remove a longtime prerequisite tied to training and counseling that several practitioners have cited as a barrier to treating patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). The Practice Guidelines could not come soon enough, as a recent study indicates that individuals with OUD experienced decreased access to treatments during the pandemic.
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WASHINGTON The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is launching a Behavioral Health Coordinating Council to address the mental health and substance use disorders that have increased during the pandemic, Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, MD, said Tuesday.
The council s primary goal is to facilitate collaborative, innovative, transparent, equitable, action-oriented approaches to addressing the nation s behavioral health needs, Levine said on a Zoom call with reporters. This council will be comprised of senior leadership from across HHS operating and staff divisions . Establishing a new behavioral health Coordinating Council will assure that right and correct prioritization guidelines are in place to provide pathways to prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery services. Levine will co-chair the council along with Tom Coderre, Acting Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use.
HHS to Inject Billions Into Mental Health, Substance Use Disorders medscape.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from medscape.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.