Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responded to concerns regarding persistent misunderstandings surrounding dosage thresholds in the CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain – 2016 (Guideline) and addiction medicine. The CDC responded...
The Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose (CSOO) submitted two comment letters to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding new subcutaneous injectable buprenorphine formulations by Indivior Pharmaceutical Inc. and Braeburn Pharmaceuticals Inc. The FDA opened two dockets seeking comments on the...
The Coalition submitted a letter to the Senate Health, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee asking that benefit protections for mental health and substance use disorder treatment and recovery support services through the exchanges and individual/small group markets be maintained...
The Coalition to Stop Overdose led a letter signed by 469 organizations expressing serious concerns with several of the health system reform included in the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson (GCHJ) proposal. The letter highlights how GCHJ’s proposed changes to our health care...
The Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose sent a letter to the Acting Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy urging the inclusion of the following essential provisions to address the opioid misuse and overdose epidemic in the...
“We are very disappointed that the House passed the American Health Care Act today. We firmly believe that equitable access to a full continuum of mental health and substance use disorder treatment services, including medications to treat substance use...
The Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose sent a letter sent to House leadership expressing concerns with the finalized version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The letter was signed by 435 organizations representing consumers, families, providers, health care and social service...
The Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose led a letter signed by 432 health organizations representing consumers, families, providers, health care and social service professionals, advocates and allied organizations who are committed to meaningful and comprehensive policies to reduce the...
On April 11, 2017, 20 members of the Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose sent a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations requesting full funding for the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act...
On March 23, the Morning Consult published an article authored by CSOO member Dr. Shawn Martin titled “How the AHCA Would Hinder the Fight Against Opioid Addiction.” The article discusses how the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the Republican plan...