Category: Opioids

The Department of Health Services is asking organizations to apply to pilot a new addiction treatment model of care for Medicaid members, according to a Monday statement. Read More

Milwaukee County's Behavioral Health Division has received a $1.2 million, three-year federal grant to develop a plan to reduce the risk of overdose deaths and enhance treatment at the county's House of Correction. Read More

Attorney General Josh Kaul said Wednesday that an agreement with a generic drugmaker will help provide more resources to fight the opioid epidemic. Read More

Ned Daniels Jr., chairman of the Forest County Potawatomi Community, called for more action on the opioid epidemic during the annual State of the Tribes address Tuesday. Read More

One of the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute's first projects will be on the opioid crisis, according to a recent statement. Read More

Officials from the Department of Health Services expressed broad support for the latest package of bills from Rep. John Nygren’s Heroin, Opioid Prevention and Education Agenda but called for some modifications, during a Senate Committee on Health and Human Services hearing on Wednesday. Read More

Attorney General Josh Kaul joined with all other attorneys general in calling on Congress to pass a bipartisan bill permanently classifying fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs. Read More

More than 5,000 people contacted a state helpline connecting those seeking help with addiction to community resources during its first year. Read More

Milwaukee's Common Council voted Tuesday to allow the city's attorney to hire outside counsel for litigation to recover expenses from the opioid epidemic. Read More