HHS Rescinds Opioid Treatment Guidelines, Now What?

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | February 15, 2021
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Just days after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the creation of new guidelines designed to increase access to medication-assisted treatment (i.e. buprenorphine) for opioid use disorder, the Biden administration rescinded them. The guidelines, which were issued in the final days of the Trump administration, made it easier for physicians with…

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Medical Associations Propose New Payment Model for Opioid Addiction Treatment

By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale | April 30, 2018
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Recognizing that the current payment structure for physicians who provide outpatient opioid addiction treatment is not working, the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) have come up with an alternative payment model. In a recently released 39-page brief, the two medical associations suggest that those treating patients addicted to…

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