Enlarge this image The HHS inspector general found that some 22,000 Medicare Part D beneficiaries seem to be doctor shopping for opioids…
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Enlarge this image A test strip designed to help doctors check a patient’s urine for fentanyl is being distributed in the Bronx…
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Another Big Health Insurer Loosens Rules For Covering Addiction Treatment
by NPR February 15, 2017Enlarge this image A doctor at a Boston Medical Center clinic counsels a patient who has become addicted to opioid painkillers, and…
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Rural Colorado’s Opioid Connections Might Hold Clues To Better Treatment
by NPR January 23, 2017Enlarge this image Melissa Morris outside her home in Sterling, Colo. She quit using heroin in 2012, and now relies on the…