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Changes Needed For Cash-Only Buprenorphine Treatment Clinics
“The fact that there are clinics that accept only out-of-pocket payments greatly diminishes the credibility of buprenorphine treatment in the broader community, contradicts some of the foundational ethics of our profession, and prevents a much more effective response in improving the access and care of individuals with untreated opioid use disorder,” states authors Yale School of Medicine’s David Fiellin, MD, professor of medicine (general internal medicine), of emergency medicine and public health and Art Van Zee, MD, St. Charles Clinic, Stone Mountain Health Services in their recent editorial in the American Journal of Public Health.