...opioid settlement funds. The bulk of the spending in the bill, $2.12 billion, is for MassHealth fee-for-service payments. The bill must be approved by each branch before it can be...
...years in the fields of psychiatry, neurology and addiction medicine, will discuss the opioid crisis facing Massachusetts and the nation. In a recent presentation, Michael’s pointed out that, in Massachusetts,...
...and Ed Markey at the MMA Annual Meeting in Boston on Jan. 23. Both senators also called for increased funding for the battle against the opioid crisis gripping the...
The Worcester Board of Health is refining an opioid epidemic action plan that would make the city the sixth in Massachusetts to permit a needle exchange program. The state’s second-largest...
...to report fatalities linked to opioids, and hospitals are required to reports births impacted by opioids. The law requires physicians to participate in the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program if they...
...to use money that Massachusetts received as part of a multi-state settlement related to unlawful foreclosure tactics. The $1 million that Massachusetts received through the settlement funded the grants for...
...proposed amendments, language approved by the Legislature to set up a special trust fund to hold any opioid lawsuit settlement amounts received by the Commonwealth. Chapter 201 includes $727,170 to...
...much in the way of new resources to support locally-based responses. We all know that the opioid crisis has had a devastating impact on thousands of individuals and families in...
...was reelected in 2018. At the MMA conference in 2016, she said the top priority of her office was combating the heroin and opioid crisis that had hit communities across...
...55 on Opioid Settlements – March 1, 2023 (links to YouTube) Police Reform – Jan. 13, 2022 (links to YouTube) STAM webinar discusses reopening town buildings and operations – June...
