New Medicaid Methadone Guidelines For Chronic Pain

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has come out with new Guidelines for State Medicaid Programs regarding Methadone for Chronic pain.

Best Practices for Addressing Prescription Opioid Overdoses, Misuse and Addiction-Feb 2, 2016:
medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/CIB-02-02-16.pdf

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