Behavioral Health Business June 3, 2024
Politicians lasered in on the fentanyl crisis in a recent senate finance committee hearing.
Senators pointed to the importance of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUDs) as a highly effective but underused fentanyl treatment. Research demonstrates that only about one in four people in need of MOUDs receive the treatment.
To mitigate the rising tide of fentanyl-related deaths, senators recommended easing access to MOUDs by reducing prior authorizations, improving incarcerated people’s access to opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and through expanding community-based models.
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) took aim at large commercial health insurance plans that use Medicaid programs “as a piggy bank,” accepting Medicaid dollars while delaying care for opioid use disorders.
“I’m very concerned that...
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