Ashly E Jordan, Marcus A Bachhuber, Ellenie Tuazon, Christian Jimenez, Pat Lincourt, Shazia Hussain, Jason Rubinfeld, Chinazo O Cunningham
INTRODUCTION: In March 2020, a temporary federal regulatory exemption for opioid treatment programs (OTPs) was issued, allowing for a greater number of take-home methadone doses than was previously permitted. In the same month, to address financial sustainability, New York State (NYS) Medicaid also transitioned to a bundle reimbursement methodology for OTPs. We examined methadone dosing schedules in NYS before and after these regulatory and financing changes. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using NYS OTP patient data from two sources: the client data system for a baseline period (February 2020) and survey data collected after regulatory and financing changes (May 2020 to August 2021, 64 weekly surveys)...
April 3, 2024: Drug and Alcohol Dependence