Moving Toward Paying For Better Outcomes In Substance Use Treatment

Over 93 million Americans have a substance use disorder. 31% of primary care professionals saw a rise in health care consumers with addiction during the pandemic (see 85% Of Primary Care Clinicians Report Patients’ Mental Health Decreased; 31% Report Rise In Addictions). Deaths from overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021 reached a record high of 100,306, 28.5% above the same period from 2019 to 2020 (see Annual U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Reached Record High Of 100,000+). Nearly one million Medicare beneficiaries were diagnosed with opioid use disorder in 2020 (see 16% Of Medicare Beneficiaries Diagnosed . . .