Combating the Opioid Crisis: Improving the Ability of Medicare and Medicaid to Provide Care for Patients

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce. 04/11/2018 This two-day Congressional hearing, held on April 11 and 12, 2018, is aimed at advancing targeted, timely, and bipartisan legislative solutions to help combat the opioid crisis. It discusses 34 bills that seek to improve the roles Medicaid and Medicare can play in helping combat the crisis. The bills include provisions to remove barriers to treatment, improve data to identify and help at-risk patients, and provide incentives for greater care coordination and enhanced care. (Video or Multimedia)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news