Medicare gaps in treating overdose survivors revealed in study
A JAMA Internal Medicine study of about 137000 Medicare beneficiaries who survived an overdose in 2020 shows half received opioid painkillers while only 4 percent got addiction treatments like buprenorphine. Within a year, 17 percent had another nonfatal overdose and 1 percent died. experts call for better monitoring, naloxone access, and comprehensive coverage, including methadone, to close longstanding care gaps.
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American Society of Addiction Medicine
Jama Internal Medicine
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U.S
Medicare
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Christopher Jones
The
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Michael Barnett
Harvard
T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Hurley
Beacon House aids addicts in Kensington shelter model
Tarence’s three-year opioid battle ends with a bed at Beacon House on Temple campus. The low barrier shelter awards residents time and services to pursue treatment and housing while Open drug use and needles worries neighbors. Prevention Point Philadelphia reports over half of Beacon residents receive outpatient treatment and substantial placement into subsidized housing or long term care. Local officials praise the model as a potential standard for stabilizing housing and reducing emergency care.
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Kensington
Beacon House
Shelter
Temple Episcopal Medical
Beacon
Chevelle L. Parker
Prevention Point
Philadelphia
Melissa Moore
Drug Policy Alliance
Dallas FLP expands summer camp with mental health focus
The Brewer Foundation's Future Leaders Program, serving Dallas ISD students from South and West Dallas and Oak Cliff, launches Rise & Thrive to teach coping, emotional regulation, and self reliance in college readiness. Alumni lead the course after trips to New York and visits to Yale Fordham NYU.
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Dallas Episcopal School
Brewer Foundation
Future Leaders
Dallas Isd
Erica Salazar
FLP
Northwestern University
Rosie de la Garza
Salazar
South Dallas
West Dallas
Oak Cliff
The
Dallas
Episcopal School of Dallas
Hockaday School
Greenhill School
St. Mark’s School of Texas
Mayra Salinas-Godsey
Salinas-Godsey
New York City
Yale University
Fordham University
New York University
New York
Anaya Martinez
Bicycle floor crunches guide by Rae Lynn Esser Moore
Rae Lynn Esser-Moore a fitness specialist at University Hospitals Avon Health Center demonstrates bicycle floor crunches to target obliques and abdominal muscles. The routine 20 reps per set for three sets builds core stability with beginner modification and optional ankle weights. For more information call Renee Barrett at 440 988 6822.
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Rae Lynn Esser- Moore
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