Kaiser hooks up S.F. General Hospital with $3M to address root cause of addiction

A small but effective team that is addressing the root causes of addiction at San Francisco ’s safety net hospital just got a $3 million donation from Kaiser Permanente.  Started one year ago with $900,0000 from Medicaid, the Addiction Care Team— comprised of just a half-time physician, full time patient navigator and a part time addiction fellow — coordinates care for patients at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital who have a substance use disorder, the medical term for people who have…
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