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Officials Discuss Opioid Epidemic

April 13, 2016

Medical and behavioral health practitioners and law enforcement officials, invited by U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03), met at Anne Arundel Medical Center on Friday, April 8, to discuss the growing issue of opioid addiction throughout the state of Maryland and how to best serve those in need….

… Cardin and Sarbanes said a bipartisan effort is underway in Washington to tackle the opioid epidemic….

… "I think all the various agencies that are connected to reimbursement methodologies out there really have an open mind now about how to start making some changes," Sarbanes said. "It's about taking the health care dollar and figuring out how to redistribute it across the continuum of care."

Issues:Health Care