Medicaid professional fees for treatment of opioid use disorder varied widely across states and were substantially below fees paid by medicare in 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As Medicaid is the largest payer for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment services in the United States, information about Medicaid provider reimbursement is critical, and Medicaid payment policies influence the structure of OUD treatment services for everyone with OUD treatment needs.

Methods

We collected Medicaid professional fees for OUD treatment and related services for the District of Columbia and fifty state Medicaid programs and the Medicare program in 2021. We create three fee indexes related to OUD treatment, with an emphasis on services related to first-line medication treatments in outpatient settings. We then create Medicaid fee indexes and Medicaid-to-Medicare fee indexes.

Results

Weekly Medicaid fee bundles for methadone treatment at OTPs in 2

SUBMITTER: Clemans-Cope L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9257570 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature