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Technology
Money Flows into Addiction Tech, But Will It Curb Soaring Opioid Overdose Deaths?Addiction tech entrepreneurs see a $42 billion U.S. market for their products and an addiction treatment field that is ripe...
Payer
Evernorth Contract Expands Payer Involvement in Online Addiction Treatment"Our goal is to help people navigate to the right care; that?s where we are focused," says Evernorth behavioral health...
Strategy
Sacklers, Purdue Pharma to Pay $6B in New Opioid SettlementThe payout is 40% higher than the $4.55 billion deal that was vacated by a federal court in December, and...
Clinical Care
'Injections, Injections, Injections': Troubling Questions Follow Closure of Sprawling Pain Clinic ChainLags Medical Center patients were left without ready access to their medical records or handoffs to other physicians.
Clinical Care
Efforts to Reduce Opioid Prescribing Varied Across the CountryThe volume of prescription opioids dispensed from retail pharmacies declined by 21% from 2008 to 2018, a new study finds.
Clinical Care
With Overdose Deaths Surging, Advocates on the Ground Push for Over-the-Counter NaloxoneAs overdose deaths nationwide reach all-time highs, the Biden administration has made increasing access to naloxone a key part of...
Clinical Care
As Overdose Deaths Soar, DEA-Wary Pharmacies Shy From Dispensing Addiction MedicationThe DEA is exacerbating the opioid epidemic by scaring pharmacies away from dispensing this medication when it's desperately needed.
Human Resources
Watch: Going Beyond the Script of 'Dopesick' and America's Real-Life Opioid CrisisThe Hulu series dovetails with the broader reality KFF's journalists and analysts have been documenting in their work for the...
Clinical Care
6 Months to Live or Die: How Long Should an Alcoholic Liver Disease Patient Wait for a Transplant?A widespread practice requires patients with alcoholic liver disease to complete a period of sobriety before they can get on...
Strategy
Needle Exchanges Are Targeted by Eco-Rooted Lawsuits. A New California Law Will Stop That.Opponents have deployed a novel strategy to shut them down: using environmental regulations to sue over needle waste.
Strategy
Listen: California Banks on a Bold Treatment: Pay Drug Users to Stop UsingOne addict's story explains how California's unconventional treatment works.
Strategy
McKinsey Never Told the FDA It Was Working for Opioid Makers While Also Working for the Agency In a decade-plus span McKinsey counted among its clients many of the country's biggest drug companies.