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Posted 10/7/2019 (updated 3/25/2024)
Meeting the Workforce Challenges of the Opioid Crisis in Rural America Webinar Presentation and Materials
Posted 10/7/2019 (updated 3/25/2024)
Join HRSA’s Bureau of Health Workforce regional team to learn more about NHSC as a provider recruitment and retention tool in rural communities.
Posted 10/29/2020 (updated 4/3/2024)
Triumph over the opioid epidemic requires ALL traditional and non-traditional partners to come to the table. Join us to explore strategies for increasing the reach and sustainability of rural community coalitions by ensuring the right partners are at your table and can contribute to solving this crisis rather than be consumed by it.
Posted 12/21/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released a notice of proposed rulemaking that would allow certified opioid treatment programs to begin prescribing the drug via audio-only or video-enabled telehealth. See additional information under Policy Updates below. The proposed changes come on top of recent findings by HHS of the positive impact of its revised Practice Guidelines for the Administration of Buprenorphine for Treating Opioid Use Disorder that removed two longstanding requirements for obtaining a waiver to treat up to 30 patients with buprenorphine: 1) the requirement for specific training, and 2) the need for otherwise eligible clinicians to certify their ability to provide or refer patients for counseling and other services. Rural primary care providers have obtained the DEA waiver at a lower rate than urban clinicians; decreased burden and greater flexibility in the guidelines, along with broader use of telehealth could help close that gap.