Health Plan Strategy Meets The Opioid Crisis

You can’t look at the news without seeing something about the opioid crisis. Here are just a few headlines from the last few days – Wisconsin Takes New Steps To Fight Opioid Epidemic, “It’s Getting A Lot Younger” – Discussing The Opioid Epidemic From The Front Lines, Governors Lament Pace Of Battling Opioid Epidemic, ‘The Worst Is Yet To Come’: Pa. Heroin Opioid Deaths Predicted To Rise For Years, and Michigan Opioid Deaths Up 54 Percent, Narcan Training Available For All.

The data supports the headlines. Across the country deaths are up 200%, opioid-related inpatient stays are up 64 . . .