State Approaches to Addressing the Opioid Epidemic: Findings from a Survey of State Medicaid Programs

State Medicaid programs are taking steps to address the opioid epidemic. State Medicaid efforts include improving access to OUD treatment medications, covering over the counter Narcan, and extending OUD treatment to soon-to-be-released inmates--a population at high risk of overdose death upon release.

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