US to Allow Medicaid to Pay for Drug Treatment in Prisons
Coming soon: Medicaid funding for mental health and drug treatment in corrections
Feb 3, 2023
MAT: Education Isn’t Enough
Adopting MAT requires training, new processes, and most importantly, a new outlook and understanding of addiction.
Jan 3, 2023
NCCHC Hails Passage of MAT Act to Prevent Overdoses and Support Recovery
NCCHC applauds the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2023.
Sep 9, 2022
NCCHC Supports Access to MOUD
September is National Recovery Month, a time to support MOUD in jails.
Apr 30, 2021
Good News for Correctional Providers: Prescribing Buprenorphine Just Got Simpler
Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a new practice guideline that removes barriers for providers when obtaining the “X-waiver”
Mar 23, 2021
MOUD in Corrections: Saving and Changing Lives
Whitney was six months pregnant and struggling with opioid use disorder (OUD) when she got to jail. But the jail did not provide her
Mar 18, 2021
Indivior Gift to Support MOUD in Jails and Prisons
The NCCHC Foundation is pleased to announce Indivior’s Platinum Level support for the Foundation’s Partners in Correctional Health Annual Giving Society. The global pharmaceutical
Jan 21, 2021
Off Label May Keep Your MAT Patients On Track
As we work with more facilities seeking to treat patients with opioid use disorder, a specific challenge has emerged with injectable extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX).
Feb 26, 2020
What We’re Seeing: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Corrections
By Brent R. Gibson, MD, MPH, FACPM, CCHP-P Managing Director, NCCHC Resources, Inc. One of the challenges we are asked for help with is
