Health Care Issues: Substance Use and Opioids

Comment on Proposed Rule:NHCHC Letter to Drug Enforcement Administration regarding telehealth and restrictions to buprenorphine | March 2023

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Fact sheet: Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder for People Experiencing Homelessness

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Policy Brief: Addressing the Opioid Crisis: Medication-Assisted Treatment at Health Care for the Homeless Programs | with Kaiser Family Foundation | April 2019 (watch the webinar here)

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Final Opioid Legislation (H.R. 6) Synopsis and Analysis | October 2018

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Opioid Policy Priorities: An Action Agenda for the HCH Community | June 2018

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Opioid Policy Recommendations- Letter to Senate Finance Committee | February 2018

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Synopsis of the Final Report of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis | November 2017

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Council comments on Draft Report of President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis | August 2017

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Webinar: The SPOT: Boston’s New Harm Reduction Program for Opioid Users Forges New Ground | July 28, 2016

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Policy Brief: Medication-Assisted Treatment: Changes in Federal Law & Regulation | October 2016 (watch the webinar here)

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Policy Brief: Medication-Assisted Treatment: Buprenorphine in the HCH Community | May 2016 (watch the webinar here)

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Behavioral Health Reform: Key Elements of Success | April 2016

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