KFF Health News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

” said Herrington, who is now in long-term recovery and works for a community mental health center, as well as a regional coalition to address substance use. Claire health system, which hires people in recovery to work in the system and pays for them to attend college or a certification program.

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The Health Care Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

Effective July 2022, a new three-digit telephone number (988) will become the number to call in the case of mental health emergencies. Currently, 911 serves as the default number for people to call, placing the acutely mentally ill on a direct track toward police involvement. This last point deserves more attention.

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NC Health News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

By Grace Vitaglione Michael Roberts went to treatment for substance use disorder 26 times. In a 2023 study in the BMC Health Services Research journal , researchers interviewed treatment professionals and people with opioid use disorder about patient brokering. Patient brokering in N.C.

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KFF Health News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As state and local governments begin spending billions in opioid settlement funds , one of the loudest and most frequent questions from the public has been: Where are the dollars going? And several just squeaked by, meeting the letter of the law but falling far short of communicating to the public in a clear and meaningful manner.

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Mental Health and Public Health Ageing and Health Substance Use Disorders Health Policy 144

KFF Health News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

KFF Health News, partnering with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Shatterproof , a national nonprofit focused on addiction, undertook a yearlong investigation to find out. It’s the most comprehensive resource to date tracking some of the largest public health settlements in American history.

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Mental Health and Public Health Health Education and Training Organizations Substance Use Disorders Health Policy 117

HEALTHBEAT

JANUARY 30, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. As the Georgia General Assembly session gets underway, bills are expected to address a number of public health policies and set the states spending plan.

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KFF Health News

APRIL 8, 2025

million more in the coming years, according to a newly updated database from KFF Health News. Governments are receiving that money because attorneys general argued that their states’ public safety, health, and social service systems were harmed by the opioid crisis. ” KFF Health News data editor Holly K.

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