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How Can Medicaid Coverage Combat Opioids?

BHM Healthcare Solutions

CMS has released new resources describing how states can leverage Medicaid services and health IT tools to support beneficiaries battling opioid addiction. Enhancing Medicaid Technology . The guidance falls in line with the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis final report released on November 1, 2017.

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When sponsored CDS is a crime …

Docnotes

Fast forward a few years and I was at ONC, writing the text of what would become the 2014 Edition of the Certification Criteria for health Information Technology. Interesting: * On April 8, 2019 the following Pain Management CDS advisories were removed from the EHR: Patient should be assessed for pain.