Best Practices for Addressing Prescription Opioid Overdoses, Misuse and Addiction
Guidance for : The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a series of Informational Bulletins on effective practices to identify and treat mental health and substance use disorders covered under Medicaid.1 The purpose of this Bulletin is to highlight emerging Medicaid strategies for preventing opioid-related harms.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: February 02, 2016
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