Opiate addiction, distinctly a healthcare problem, has grown into a national epidemic, the bounds of which have not yet been completely realized. HHS has stated that 3-4 % of the American population uses opiates on a daily basis, and 2 million Americans have a diagnosis of Opioid Use Disorder. Approximately 89% of patients in methadone clinics, began opiate use due to prescriptions for pain from physicians (NIH).
The authors behind a new paper are encouraging good medical billing practices, arguing that it’s a mark of quality health care. The information medical bills contain and what tactics companies use to collect payment can vary, but the authors outline five metrics by which to judge medical bills.
Among them: Bills of high quality would provide patients with an itemized and understandable list of services; would allow patients to easily contact a representative to clarify or contest their bill; and wouldn’t involve any “surprise” charges
Safe Prescribing Practices Conference for Medical Professionals, June 2013Heidi Denton
Participants will:
Report their intent to support and/or actively work towards incorporating best practices in responsible prescribing guidelines into their everyday practice of medicine.
Report an increased knowledge of the Michigan Automated Prescription System (MAPS) and the benefits of reporting regularly to MAPS.
Report intent to support and/or actively work towards incorporating consistent use of the MAPS into their everyday practice of prescribing controlled substances.
Report that at the training they received easy to use tools that can help them to better educate their patients on the importance of taking medications as prescribed.
Gain an increased knowledge of local, state, and national substance abuse and mental health treatment resources.
Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, keynote presentation at the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit on March 30, 2016.
The authors behind a new paper are encouraging good medical billing practices, arguing that it’s a mark of quality health care. The information medical bills contain and what tactics companies use to collect payment can vary, but the authors outline five metrics by which to judge medical bills.
Among them: Bills of high quality would provide patients with an itemized and understandable list of services; would allow patients to easily contact a representative to clarify or contest their bill; and wouldn’t involve any “surprise” charges
Safe Prescribing Practices Conference for Medical Professionals, June 2013Heidi Denton
Participants will:
Report their intent to support and/or actively work towards incorporating best practices in responsible prescribing guidelines into their everyday practice of medicine.
Report an increased knowledge of the Michigan Automated Prescription System (MAPS) and the benefits of reporting regularly to MAPS.
Report intent to support and/or actively work towards incorporating consistent use of the MAPS into their everyday practice of prescribing controlled substances.
Report that at the training they received easy to use tools that can help them to better educate their patients on the importance of taking medications as prescribed.
Gain an increased knowledge of local, state, and national substance abuse and mental health treatment resources.
Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, keynote presentation at the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit on March 30, 2016.
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The Economics Of Language Services In Healthcare FinalDouglas Green
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Kana Enomoto, Acting Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, keynote presentation at the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit March 29, 2016
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The Economics Of Language Services In Healthcare FinalDouglas Green
The initial presentation of the Economics of Language Access. For an updated version with new research please do not hesitate to contact Douglas Green through the website. Thank you.
Kana Enomoto, Acting Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, keynote presentation at the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit March 29, 2016
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The pharmaceutical industry has made it very difficult to know what the clinical trial evidence actually is regarding psychotropics. Consequently, primary care physicians and other front-line practitioners are at a disadvantage when attempting to adhere to the ethical and scientific mandates of evidence based prescriptive practice. This article calls for a higher standard of prescriptive care derived from a risk/benefit analysis of clinical trial evidence. The authors assert that current prescribing practices are empirically unsound and unduly influenced by pharmaceutical company interests, resulting in unnecessary risks to patients. In the spirit of evidenced based medicine’s inclusion of patient values as well as the movement toward health home, we present a patient bill of rights for psychotropic prescription. We then offer guidelines to raise the bar of care equal to the available science for all prescribers of psychiatric medications.
October 2011, Vol. 101, No. 10 SAMJSouth African Medical .docxhopeaustin33688
October 2011, Vol. 101, No. 10 SAMJ
South African Medical Journal
First published January 1884
October 2011, Vol. 101, No. 10 SAMJ
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Addiction
By addiction we usually mean continued involvement and dependence
on drugs, including alcohol and tobacco. But addiction can also
include an abnormal dependency on many other things, including
pornography, gambling and food.
South Africa’s 2nd Biennial Anti-Substance Abuse Summit in
Durban, with the theme ‘An Integrated Approach: Towards a Drug-
free Society’, was recently hosted by the Department of Social
Development and the Central Drug Authority (CDA) and was
attended by many ministers and top politicians. However, Charles
Parry and Bronwyn Myers in this issue1 argue persuasively that it is
time to move away from the outdated political rhetoric of a ‘drug-free
society’ and to engage in the work of formulating and implementing
an evidence-based policy.
Problem gambling, another destructive form of addiction, also
potentially has devastating effects on individuals and their families.
Collins and colleagues,2 also in this issue, describe the effective
management of this problem by the industry-supported National
Responsible Gambling Programme (NRGP).
Substance abuse can be classified in terms of its potential harms.
Nutt and colleagues3 ranked drugs on the basis of their potential
for physical harm, dependence (addiction), and effects on families,
communities and society, thereby offering a rational solution to a
previously arbitrary classification. Tobacco is one of the most addictive
substances, although its harmful effects are usually only apparent
after long periods of time. Addiction to the more psychoactive
drugs often poses more immediate and bigger problems to families
and societies. It is in the management of these that supporters and
opponents of the decriminalisation of drugs often share a common
view, namely that such people require expert medical and other help
and support and not stigmatisation or incarceration in jail.
A recent book Recovery RSA: A Resource Book for Those Affected
by Addiction4 has made a timely appearance. Compiled by Barbara
Hutton, it draws on the experiences of many experts in the field and is
aimed at addicts, families, significant others, professionals and support
people. There is something of value for everyone with an interest in the
field. The somewhat uneven length and quality of the chapters and the
interspaced personal experiences of those with addictions strangely do
not detract from the value of the book – professionals and lay people
will return to the areas that most interest them.
The reasons for people becoming addicted to psychoactive
substances are dealt with by Rodger Meyer. He describes the
pathogenesis and the process of becoming addicted and notes that
there is still very little agreement among authorities regarding the
true nature of the condition. People commence drug or alcohol use
for re.
Consumer health: time for a regulatory re-think? is a report by RB in association with PAGB, written by the Economist Intelligence Unit. It looks at the changing healthcare environment and the role self-care plays and efforts at regulatory harmonisation, the barriers they have encountered, and prospects for the future.
Newristics is the first company to provide market research & message optimization services based on behavioral science & artificial intelligence. Our AI models are trained on more than 660 known heuristics.
understanding-Opioid-Crisis-using-decision-heuristics-science.pdfNewristics USA
This paper explores the Opioid Epidemic in an entirely new light. It puts the spotlight on a string of human decisions that triggered major market-shaping events that ultimately led to the Opioid Crisis in America.
ER visits for opioid overdoses is rising in the U.S. Accurate ER reports from medical transcription services and proactive action can help minimize risks.
Today, we are in a public health battle so critical that a Sesame Street muppet named Karli recently confessed she is in foster care because her mother is struggling with opioid addiction. Sadder than this news is the fact medications found in the home are the leading cause of child poisoning. When 2-5 year olds must learn about prescription pain relievers, we have a war America cannot withdraw from—ever. And yes, there is something you can do.
From the federal government to our schools, steps are being taken to enhance prevention efforts and increase community awareness of drug misuse and abuse. Here are a few important changes that have been implemented, as well as, things you can do today to make a difference for your family.
This research paper focuses on prescription opioids and its effects on the African American community. The author discusses the background, best treatment intervention, and ethical considerations associated with prescription opioids and their use within the African American population.
Sound familiar? Could be your angry son or daughter. Could be a teen, an adult, an addicted loved one. Whoever is spewing, it leaves you feeling like you drank poison and then took a stomach punch from Mike Tyson.
Where your md meets my jd when the doctor says yes but the treatment team say...Mrsunny4
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse and several published studies1, 80 percent of heroin users reported using prescription opioids prior to heroin.
Living beyond the downside of sex and sexual expressionMrsunny4
Sex and sexuality have become more prevalent throughout our global community. Obtaining sexually related products, images, and information have become readily available for anyone, of any age, to obtain with an internet access. Undoubtedly the consequence of such materials being readily available has had a positive and negative effect upon our society.
Deadly adulterants new dangers of illicit drugsMrsunny4
The “cutting” or “adulteration” of street drugs is common practice in the manufacturing, distribution and selling of illicit drugs, all in the name of increased profit.
Why do we want to change how we feel about ourselves? Are our feelings pleasant or unpleasant? If our feelings are unpleasant, we drink, eat or take a pill to change them.
Danger zone teen substance use and treatmentMrsunny4
Of summer, poet Darcy Cummings wrote of a “child leaving a walled school for the first time, stumbling from cool hallways to a world dense with scent and sound”.
Hey grandma, can i live with you grandparents and the opioid epidemicMrsunny4
The other day I received a phone call from Helen. She and her husband Rick were beside themselves after learning their daughter, a 42-year-old PhD student, had relapsed into drug addiction. The couple, in their late-sixties, were not only charged with finding help again for their struggling daughter,
Dont be afraid to say the s word talking to kids about suicideMrsunny4
Through my work as Clinical Director of the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide, I frequently get asked by parents,” How do I talk to my child about suicide?
I define happiness as a feeling of contentment and peace about oneself. It’s the emotional response that the world is okay, there are better days ahead, and there’s room for possibility.
Anxiety, worry, stress, concern, apprehension, nervousness. It doesn’t matter what name you give it. It’s a horrible feeling. Anxiety comes when our minds focus on something in the future that feels like a threat.
For many parents, a child’s return to school may be met with a bag of mixed emotions, reservations and hesitations. They may have concerns about the potential of peer pressure, discrimination, school violence and exposure to various legal and illegal substances.
Relapse in most cases is not self-inflicted. Relapse-prone patients experience a gradual progression of symptoms that create so much pain that they become unable to function in sobriety.
When addiction crept into my household 11 years ago, I retreated to a journal. The clean, white pages offered me refuge to pour out my anguish, fear, confusion, and shame. It was a safe place to unveil my secret.
Our evolved unique feel good circuits makes humans different from apesMrsunny4
The brain regions circuitry tied to pleasure are difficult toaccurately describe, partly, because of many different ways we can trigger enjoyment or “Feel Good.”
The word “trauma” originated in the late 17th century from the Greek language. The literal translation is to “wound or damage.” The Greek word was specific to physical injury and has been used in medical terminology since.
Compulsive gambling is a progressive disease, much like an addiction to alcohol or drugs. In many cases, the gambling addiction is hidden until the gambler becomes unable to function without gambling, and he or she begins to exclude all other activities from their lives.
One of the most developed cities of India, the city of Chennai is the capital of Tamilnadu and many people from different parts of India come here to earn their bread and butter. Being a metropolitan, the city is filled with towering building and beaches but the sad part as with almost every Indian city
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The Importance of Community Nursing Care.pdfAD Healthcare
NDIS and Community 24/7 Nursing Care is a specific type of support that may be provided under the NDIS for individuals with complex medical needs who require ongoing nursing care in a community setting, such as their home or a supported accommodation facility.
CRISPR-Cas9, a revolutionary gene-editing tool, holds immense potential to reshape medicine, agriculture, and our understanding of life. But like any powerful tool, it comes with ethical considerations.
Unveiling CRISPR: This naturally occurring bacterial defense system (crRNA & Cas9 protein) fights viruses. Scientists repurposed it for precise gene editing (correction, deletion, insertion) by targeting specific DNA sequences.
The Promise: CRISPR offers exciting possibilities:
Gene Therapy: Correcting genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis.
Agriculture: Engineering crops resistant to pests and harsh environments.
Research: Studying gene function to unlock new knowledge.
The Peril: Ethical concerns demand attention:
Off-target Effects: Unintended DNA edits can have unforeseen consequences.
Eugenics: Misusing CRISPR for designer babies raises social and ethical questions.
Equity: High costs could limit access to this potentially life-saving technology.
The Path Forward: Responsible development is crucial:
International Collaboration: Clear guidelines are needed for research and human trials.
Public Education: Open discussions ensure informed decisions about CRISPR.
Prioritize Safety and Ethics: Safety and ethical principles must be paramount.
CRISPR offers a powerful tool for a better future, but responsible development and addressing ethical concerns are essential. By prioritizing safety, fostering open dialogue, and ensuring equitable access, we can harness CRISPR's power for the benefit of all. (2998 characters)
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Empowering ACOs: Leveraging Quality Management Tools for MIPS and BeyondHealth Catalyst
Join us as we delve into the crucial realm of quality reporting for MSSP (Medicare Shared Savings Program) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).
In this session, we will explore how a robust quality management solution can empower your organization to meet regulatory requirements and improve processes for MIPS reporting and internal quality programs. Learn how our MeasureAble application enables compliance and fosters continuous improvement.
India Clinical Trials Market: Industry Size and Growth Trends [2030] Analyzed...Kumar Satyam
According to TechSci Research report, "India Clinical Trials Market- By Region, Competition, Forecast & Opportunities, 2030F," the India Clinical Trials Market was valued at USD 2.05 billion in 2024 and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.64% through 2030. The market is driven by a variety of factors, making India an attractive destination for pharmaceutical companies and researchers. India's vast and diverse patient population, cost-effective operational environment, and a large pool of skilled medical professionals contribute significantly to the market's growth. Additionally, increasing government support in streamlining regulations and the growing prevalence of lifestyle diseases further propel the clinical trials market.
Growing Prevalence of Lifestyle Diseases
The rising incidence of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer is a major trend driving the clinical trials market in India. These conditions necessitate the development and testing of new treatment methods, creating a robust demand for clinical trials. The increasing burden of these diseases highlights the need for innovative therapies and underscores the importance of India as a key player in global clinical research.
CHAPTER 1 SEMESTER V PREVENTIVE-PEDIATRICS.pdfSachin Sharma
This content provides an overview of preventive pediatrics. It defines preventive pediatrics as preventing disease and promoting children's physical, mental, and social well-being to achieve positive health. It discusses antenatal, postnatal, and social preventive pediatrics. It also covers various child health programs like immunization, breastfeeding, ICDS, and the roles of organizations like WHO, UNICEF, and nurses in preventive pediatrics.
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October 31, 2019
MONEY AND POLITICS: THE OPIATE EPIDEMIC
thesoberworld.com/2019/10/31/money-and-politics-the-opiate-epidemic
Opiate addiction, distinctly a healthcare problem, has grown into a national epidemic, the
bounds of which have not yet been completely realized. HHS has stated that 3-4 % of the
American population uses opiates on a daily basis, and 2 million Americans have a
diagnosis of Opioid Use Disorder. Approximately 89% of patients in methadone clinics,
began opiate use due to prescriptions for pain from physicians (NIH). There are over 130
opiate overdose deaths per day in the country, and over the last two decades, 300,000
Americans have died secondary to opiate overdoses. Yet, until very recently, the Drug
Enforcement Administration in Washington, has not responded to this crisis in a manner
that was commensurate with a national healthcare crisis. The Drug Enforcement
Administration allowed manufacturers to produce more and more opioids for a decade,
even as deaths from the crisis spiked, the Justice Department’s inspector general said in a
report released this month (USA Today). Diversion control was not investigated or
enforced, physicians who prescribed inordinately large quantities of opiates were not
suspended from practice, and drug manufacturers who produced large amounts of
addictive drugs were not cited nor fined. Remember these companies made huge profits
at the expense of the American public health.
Pharmaceutical giants like Purdue Pharma, the company that introduced OxyContin in
1996, made billions in sales, and was responsible for tens of thousands of deaths. They
recently settled a billion-dollar suit from State Attorney Generals and families of those
people who died. In August of 2019, an Oklahoma Judge ordered Johnson and Johnson to
pay 572 million dollars for their role in the opioid crisis. In the past three years, the DEA
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said, it has cut production for the seven types of opioids most frequently abused. Opioid
prescriptions have dropped by about 30 percent since President Donald Trump took
office, the department (HHS) said recently (USA Today, October 2019).
The question that needs to be answered is, who bears the responsibility for the lack of
governmental response to a national emergency. As an analogy, if a JetBlue 737 Airbus,
crashed every day in this country, claiming 130 passenger lives, how long would it take the
FAA to ground all these commercial aircraft, until the nature of the problem was
discovered and remediated. There is insufficient oversight presently.
The DEA receives their mandate for action from policies written by the political ruling
class in Washington. Diversion control, that is, the monitoring of opiates prescribed for a
patient (that ultimately ends up in the hands of another person), is their mandate. State
and federal politicians must address the inactivity of governmental agencies, to prevent
abuses that contribute to a controllable opiate epidemic. The federal government must be
diligent in prosecuting providers, healthcare organizations, manufacturers and retailers,
who commit fraud and abuse in an organized and systematic manner (National Institute
of Health).
With the emergence of the opiate crisis, detoxification and rehabilitation became a
booming business venture particularly in South Florida, Arizona, Texas, and California.
The warm weather and beachfront accommodations attracted urban-based addicts from
the Northeast, the Midwest, and other focal points of opiate trafficking. These facilities
quickly became big businesses, with large price tags, amounting to $2500 per day for
inpatient detoxification and $30,000 per month for rehabilitation. Patients were isolated
from their families, and not allowed to use cell phones or leave the premises for 30-90
days. The amount of actual medical treatment by a professional (MD/APRN) gradually
diminished, to about 20 minutes per week. Filling the void were paraprofessional staff,
caseworkers, group leaders, massage therapists, and technicians. Patients often lived in
residences that were prime beachfront property, and were allowed to watch movies, walk
the beach, socialize, and dine by a gourmet chef in the evening. Elite facilities were replete
with Olympic size swimming pools, indoor water falls, low patient-staff ratios, and plenty
of optional items that were non-contributory for recovery. Rather, these facilities were not
engaged in the transition to permanent recovery, but rather to short-lived recovery and
eventual relapse. In some cases, they did not offer the patients medication-assisted
treatment (MAT), which diminishes relapse from 75% to 30% in the first year following
treatment. The cost of partial hospitalization (PHP) was so high, and the treatment results
so marginal, that third party reimbursement entities (i.e. insurance companies) began
reduction of the length of stay and the amount of reimbursement per month. As this
process has continued, multiple conventional rehabilitation facilities have closed their
doors, no longer able to survive financially in the traditional, high cost mode of operation.
Their overhead expenses eclipsed their income.
The best example of this model of “runaway capitalism” applies to the addiction treatment
industry, i.e. the rehabilitation paradigm, as it has been utilized. Patients receive long
initial stays which generate high costs to the patient, and to the insurance companies, and
ultimately the taxpayers. Although recovery is the intended goal, relapse happens, and
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when the relapse occurs, the insurance resets, to provide another costly round of
inpatient/outpatient rehabilitation. This cycle will be repeated as many times as is
permitted by the payer. It does not occur randomly, but rather frequently.
Medication assisted treatment facilities, either inpatient or outpatient, will eventually
surpass their conventional counterparts in performance. Outpatient MAT programs are
actually more cost effective, since all of the esthetic and gratuitous components have been
eliminated, leaving the pure treatment of opioid use disorder as the only common
denominator. The effective use of medications for opioid addiction such as Suboxone,
Sublocade, and Vivitrol is well substantiated in peer-reviewed scientific publications.
Medications, in combination with behavioral therapy, group therapy, and an abstinence
program, form the basis for a holistic approach. Reduction in the relapse rate, return to
productive activities such as employment, and diminished cost to the consumer, to the
taxpayer, and to the healthcare industry are all realized with MAT.
Medication assisted treatment is the antithesis of the profit model, because the
medications which downregulate the reward center of the brain, reduce opioid cravings,
which constitute the basis of relapse. Most of the ensuing costs are therefore eliminated,
and following detoxification, the patient can receive all of the necessary services, from
home, as an outpatient.
There will be active resistance to this MAT model from the “Establishment within the
Industry”, 12 STEP abstinence disciples, and businesspersons who now control costs in
the marketplace. The abstinence contingent believes, erroneously, that all that is needed
is the commitment to the 12 STEP approach for sobriety. That is only effective in a
minority of opiate use disordered patients. However, the majority of this population
requires chemical stabilization of their brain disorder, which is analogous to stabilizing
high blood glucose with insulin in diabetes mellitus. Combining MAT with abstinence
models would result in optimal recovery rates. Once the stigma for treatment with
medications in opiate use disorder is dispelled, and the statistics reveal comparative
success with these techniques (from the scientific community), this will become the
preferred modality of addiction treatment in the United States.
This is but a synopsis of the intricate web of graft, excess, and corruption which has
plagued the healthcare industry and the rehabilitation of addicted individuals, resulting in
diminished treatment efficacy, higher costs, and substandard results. When opiate
addiction is treated for the purpose of generating a profit, rather than placing the clinical
needs of the patient as the primary goal, overdoses and death result in its wake, due to
often preventable treatment failures.
Dr. Charles A. Buscema is CEO and Medical Director of Alternatives For You, in Palm
Beach Gardens, Florida, an outpatient MAT facility which operates under the mandate
of the Federal Suboxone Program for Opioid Dependence. This is a pioneer facility in
utilizing the principles of Medication Assisted Treatment on an outpatient basis. The
outpatient office addresses the issue of detoxification and rehabilitation from opioid
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medications principally with buprenorphine and also the stabilization of any underlying
co- occurring psychiatric disorders which interfere with the transition process.
https://mat-alternatives.com/
Dr. Charles A. Buscema graduated from the six-year biomedical program, affiliated
with the Albany Medical College of Union University, in 1974, with a B.S. in Biology and
an M.D. degree.
Dr. Buscema was appointed the first Chief of Psychiatry at St. Peter’s Hospital in
Albany, N.Y. in 1980, a position that he held for almost ten years. In 1983 he achieved
board certification in the specialty of General Psychiatry from the American Board of
Psychiatry & Neurology. In 1995, Dr. Buscema graduated from a two-year Forensic
Fellowship at SUNY Upstate Medical University; subsequently, in 1999, he was named
Associate Director of the Forensic Residency at SUNY Upstate and in June 2001, he was
certified in the subspecialty of Forensic Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry
and Neurology. Dr. Buscema was Acting Clinical Director of Central New York
Psychiatric Center from 1998-2000, and was subsequently named Director of
Psychiatry of CNYPC and all of its prison satellite units, a position that he held from
September 2000 until February 2003. Dr. Buscema has authored & presented numerous
forensic & correctional topics to a wide array of audiences nationally, and has published
a book with co-author Dr. William Glazer, (July 2002, McMahon Medical Publishing
Inc., New York, N.Y.), titled “Treating Schizophrenia in the Correctional Setting: The
Forensic Algorithm Project 2002”. This clinical practice guideline is the first published
algorithm for the treatment of schizophrenia in the correctional environment and is
being utilized by state health care delivery systems throughout the country. https://mat-
alternatives.com/