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Telehealth can help payers prevent opioid deaths, AHIP says

March 25, 2019

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As an effective strategy to curb the opioid crisis, health plans should continue to use and even expand their use of telehealth, says a new report by America’s Health Insurance Plans.

The unsettling reality of the crisis is evident in statistics from the Department of Justice, which say that on any given day, 115 people will die from an opioid-related overdose, 3,900 people will misuse a prescription opioid, and 580 people will try heroin for the first time.

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