Treatment for Opioid Dependence Varies Among States, Study Finds

As workers’ comp payers have become more open to the idea of treating injured workers for opioid dependence, a new study has found differences among individual states and regions in how opioid abuse and dependence are treated. For example, methadone treatment and group counseling were the No. 1 and No. 2 most-utilized services for opioid abuse and dependence in New York last year, according to the new white paper from Fair Health. In contrast, intensive outpatient treatment and drug testing tied for the top two spots in California, based on the Fair Health analysis of private health ca...