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Medication Access for OUD Abysmal for Medicare Enrollees

December 15, 2023 - About a million Medicare enrollees have opioid use disorder (OUD), but only 18 percent of them received medication to treat OUD, according to a new Office of Inspector General report that illustrates continued medication assisted treatment (MAT) access problems. The report, published on an annual basis since 2017, also revealed disparities in OUD...

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