Los Angeles County’s ‘Reaching The 95%’ Initiative Reduces Barriers To Addiction Treatment

Los Angeles County, California launched an initiative called “Reaching the 95%” (R95) to reduce barriers to county-funded addiction treatment with the broad goal of increasing the percentage of people accessing treatment from the current 5% to 95%. A key strategy is implementing harm-reduction strategies. It involves payment reform and financial incentives to provider organizations that meet the R95 requirements. The initiative started in 2023, as of late March 2024, about half of addiction treatment provider organizations that contract with the county were on track to become “R95 Champions.”

R95 is overseen by the county’s Department of Public . . .