IBC Foundation, PHMC to study 'warm handoff' strategy in opioid addiction battle

The Independence Blue Cross Foundation, in its latest initiative to address the region ’s growing opioid addiction crisis, is teaming up with Philadelphia-based Public Health Management Corp. to study the effectiveness of a “warm-handoff“ program established by five Bucks County Hospitals. “Warm handoffs” refer to the transfer of overdose survivors directly from an emergenc y room into a treatment program. Daniel J. Hilferty, the president and CEO of Independence Blue Cross, said the IBC…
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