Leveraging Medicaid Technology to Address the Opioid Crisis
Guidance for : On November 1, 2017, the President�s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis released its final report1 with specific health information technology references. This report, as well as the October 26, 2017 announcement2 of the Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services� declaration of a nationwide public health emergency3 to address the opioid crisis, singles out telemedicine and prescription monitoring tools as useful in the effort to combat the opioid crisis.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: June 11, 2018
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