Confronting The Crisis Of Opioid Addiction: A Beacon Health Options White Paper

Released in June 2015, this white paper by Beacon Health Options details the opioid addiction crisis, of which there are currently two million Americans addicted to prescription opioids and an additional 500,000 heroin addicts. To address the crisis, the paper addresses the fact that opioid addiction must be treated as a chronic illness. Beacon Health Options says that payers and providers must be organized to embrace proven reimbursement and care models that successfully combat other chronic health conditions . . .