Premium
Report: It's time for insurers to ramp up methadone coverage in 2020
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32583
Subject(s) - methadone , opioid , set (abstract data type) , business , order (exchange) , actuarial science , medicine , psychiatry , computer science , finance , receptor , programming language
Private insurers can play an immediate and pivotal role in 2020 in combating an underutilization of methadone treatment as the opioid crisis continues. However, it will take a coordinated effort among a broader set of stakeholders in order to achieve a full transformation of methadone treatment over the long term, a newly published report suggests.