Spotlight on Mississippi: Best Practices and Next Steps in the Opioid Epidemic

Source: American Medical Association (AMA). Published: 5/2019. This 37-page report, published with Manatt Health and the Mississippi State Medical Association, reviews Mississippi's progress in Medicaid and the commercial insurance market in areas related to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, pain management, and efforts to increase access to naloxone. It supplements analysis with examples from Pennsylvania and Colorado to show where Mississippi has accomplished less and could benefit from considering best practices from other states. (PDF)
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