HHS Exemptions for Buprenorphine (but not Methadone) Prescribers
By EsqSocial Corporation 10/05/21
For the year ending August 2020, provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that opioid overdose deaths increased 26.8 percent compared to the previous 12 months, with opioid overdoses resulting in more than 88,000 deaths. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has observed that these deaths disproportionately affect working Americans with families, with the highest rates of opioid overdose deaths occurring in individuals between the ages of 25 and 54....
By: K&L Gates LLP