Stephanie Kennan

Stephanie Kennan

October 25, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Opioid Legislation Takes Steps to Create Treatment Capacity, ID At-Risk Patients

When Congress passed HR 6, the “Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act” (also known as SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act) as its response to the opioid epidemic, it included provisions to expand capacity in Medicare and includes preventative measures for a population that is vulnerable to opioid-use disorder.

By Stephanie Kennan

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