Massachusetts Expands Access To Office-Based Addiction Treatment Through Its Nurse Care Manager Model

As of 2025, more than 40 sites across the Commonwealth offered office based addiction treatment (OBAT) services, compared with the 14 federally qualified health centers delivering this care in 2007, according to a recent analysis from Pew, which uses data to make a difference and addresses the challenges of a changing world by illuminating issues, creating common ground, and advancing ambitious strategies that lead to tangible progress. In 2023, 79% of Massachusetts Medicaid enrollees with opioid use disorder (OUD) received medication-assisted treatment (MAT)—the standard of care for this condition—compared with the national median of 60%. "Massachusetts can . . .