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Lead: Medicaid Managed Care Plan Alignment With State Substance Use Disorder Treatment Coverage Requirements

05 May 2026

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Medicaid Managed Care Plan Alignment With State Substance Use Disorder Treatment Coverage Requirements The Milbank Quarterly Medicaid managed plan coverage for medications for alcohol use disorders (AUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD) varies across states but is generally lower in Republican-leaning states. Researchers conducted a national survey to evaluate if these differences in coverage were due to variation in state policy or variations in Medicaid managed plan alignment with state policy. Researchers found that while Republican-leaning states were generally a little less likely to require coverage of most or all medications for AUD and OUD and place limits on prior authorization, managed plans in Republican-leaning states were much less likely to follow state requirements. Given these findings, efforts to increase access to medications for AUD and OUD will need to address misalignment between managed care plans and state policy, and not just focus on making changes to state policy. Read this issue of the ASAM Weekly Subscribe to the ASAM Weekly Visit ASAM

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This Week in Addiction Medicine from ASAM

Lead: Medicaid Managed Care Plan Alignment With State Substance Use Disorder Treatment Coverage Requirements

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13:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

10:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

12:00H | 20 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

2ª PARTE | 06 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 22 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 04 MAR 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

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