Cost of treatment
Description:
Answers to basic Medicaid and Medicare coverage questions from SAMSHA's FAQs on buprenorphine.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (3 votes)
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- Logistics of buprenorphine treatment
- Rules, regulations and recordkeeping
- Insurance and billing issues
- Patient education materials
- Cost of treatment
- DEA
- FAQ
- Insurance
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Suboxone
- FAQ
- Misc. informational materials
- Becoming waivered
- Experienced prescriber
- Just became waivered
- Need to refer
- Setting up a practice
Description:
A systematic review and economic evaluation of methadone and buprenorphine for the management of opioid dependence.
Source:
Health Technology Assessment; Vol 11: number 9. Connock et al., 2007. (3 votes)
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Description:
This is an article written by CIGNA Behavioral Health's (CBH) Senior Medical Director. It describes how CIGNA addressed reimbursement, a major barrier to physician prescription of buprenorphine, by identifying an HCPCS code (H0033) that physicians can use to bill for the services provided during buprenorphine induction visits.
Source:
Nemecek, Doug. Behavioral Healthcare: November 2007. (3 votes)
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Description:
This study examines decision-making in the buprenorphine treatment distribution and payment systems. The study is based on interviews with health care leaders involved in the distribution and adoption of buprenorphine.
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The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) (4 votes)
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Description:
This pie chart shows the breakdown of how buprenorphine patients paid for their doctor's visits. 204 patients in NAABT's physician-patient matching system were surveyed.
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The National Alliance of Advocates for Buprenorphine Treatment (NAABT) (3 votes)
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Description:
This study examines the cost-effectiveness of buprenorphine maintenance therapy for treating opioid addiction.
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Addiction (2 votes)
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Description:
This is the web format of a special addiction program by HBO. The material covers issues such as who pays for addiction treatment, and drug treatment for adolescents.
Source:
Home Box Office, Inc., 2007 (3 votes)
Tags:
- General information - opioid addiction
- General information - buprenorphine
- Insurance and billing issues
- Addiction
- Cost of treatment
- Dependence
- Detoxification
- Discontinuation
- Heroin
- Oxycodone
- Pain
- Payment
- Suboxone
- Misc. informational materials
- Becoming waivered
- Experienced prescriber
- Just became waivered
- Need to refer
- Setting up a practice
