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key takeaway: "Our findings highlight increases in the use of telehealth for buprenorphine initiation beginning in 2020. Building on prior work showing a pandemic-era increase in tele-initiation of MOUD for Medicaid beneficiaries,1 our results demonstrate consistent increases in tele-initiation across insured groups. Primary care physicians prescribe most buprenorphine in the United States7 but were less likely to initiate buprenorphine via telehealth compared with behavioral health physicians."


key takeaway: "Overdose deaths overall and with IMFs detected began declining in 2023. Percentages of overdose deaths with IMFs detected were stable (approximately 70%–80%) during 2021–2024, except in the West where the percentage increased from 48.5% to 66.5%. Although rare, deaths with carfentanil detected increased approximately sevenfold, from 29 during January–June 2023 to 238 during January–June 2024; 37 states reported carfentanil detection."

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