SCOOP: HHS to get rid of the “X” waiver that limited which doctors could prescribe buprenorphine for opioid addiction.

Physicians have clamored for this as opioid epidemic worsened.

https://subscriber.politicopro.com/health-care/whiteboard/2021/01/hhs-to-let-more-doctors-prescribe-opioid-addiction-drug-3986364
SCOOP: HHS to get rid of the “X” waiver that limited which doctors could prescribe buprenorphine for opioid addiction.Physicians have clamored for this as opioid epidemic worsened. https://subscriber.politicopro.com/health-care/whiteboard/2021/01/hhs-to-let-more-doctors-prescribe-opioid-addiction-drug-3986364
SCOOP: HHS to get rid of the “X” waiver that limited which doctors could prescribe buprenorphine for opioid addiction.Physicians have clamored for this as opioid epidemic worsened. https://subscriber.politicopro.com/health-care/whiteboard/2021/01/hhs-to-let-more-doctors-prescribe-opioid-addiction-drug-3986364
Previously unreported backstory here: SAMHSA leader Elinore McCance-Katz had warned against weakening X waiver, worried about overprescribing.

But she resigned in protest of Capitol riots, clearing way for HHS to install acting SAMHSA head and issue last-minute guidance.
Previously unreported backstory here: SAMHSA leader Elinore McCance-Katz had warned against weakening X waiver, worried about overprescribing.But she resigned in protest of Capitol riots, clearing way for HHS to install acting SAMHSA head and issue last-minute guidance.
Previously unreported backstory here: SAMHSA leader Elinore McCance-Katz had warned against weakening X waiver, worried about overprescribing.But she resigned in protest of Capitol riots, clearing way for HHS to install acting SAMHSA head and issue last-minute guidance.
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