TennCare to Cover Longer-Term Opioid Addiction Treatment
Knoxville News Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE To Ed Ohlinger, Suboxone, methadone and other medications are important for...
BlueCross Removes Oxycontin, Adds Acupuncture Amid Opioid Crisis
Tennessee’s largest health insurance provider realized it was not part of the solution. It was part of the problem. For the past six...
Opioids Remain A Public Safety Threat
Several years ago, we saw early flares from the opioid crisis in Upper East Tennessee, where an alarming number of babies were being born...
2 Insurers in Tennessee Reduce Opioid Prescriptions
Knoxville News Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE Two of the state’s largest insurers say they’ve made significant reductions in the...
Insurer Sees Sky-High Incidence of Opioid Use Disorder
Opioid prescriptions and abuse are more common among people covered under BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee’s employer-sponsored plans...
Naloxone from TennCare
I want to share with you all about the difficulty I am still having getting Narcan this year. Last year I had private insurance through...
Repealing The ACA Could Worsen the Opioid Epidemic
As our country grapples with an “unprecedented opioid epidemic,” Congress is taking steps to take away an important tool to fight it —...