MVP Health Care to Cover Methadone Treatment

May 31, 2004 MVP Health Care to Cover Methadone Treatment One of Vermont's largest private health insurance companies last month agreed to cover methadone treatment for opiate addicts, becoming the first insurance carrier in the state to pay for such treatment. MVP Health Care (MVP) announced on May 3, 2004, that it had signed a contract with the Howard Center for Human Services, Vermont's only methadone clinic. Although MVP has no current members requiring methadone at the Burlington-based clinic that is associated with Fletcher Allen Health Care, the company agreed to pay for such services in the . . .