Medicare & Medicaid Beneficiaries With Opioid Use Disorder Less Likely to Receive Behavioral Health Treatment 

Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries with opioid use disorder (OUD) tend to receive behavioral health care services less often those Medicare or Medicaid plus court-or probation-mandated treatment,;according to a review of medical records. The researchers concluded that appropriate public health insurance program changes could dramatically affect treatment access and uptake, especially for the most vulnerable.;

The researchers analyzed records from health care consumers registered at a community health center in New Jersey between 2015 and 2021. Electronic medical records of 705 individuals diagnosed with OUD were found among these records. Roughly 72% of the study sample . . .