At our wits' end: Insurance laws
Abstract
One of the things I am proudest of during my tenure at New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (NYS OASAS) was our successful efforts to change the insurance laws to make it easier to access addiction treatment. Among our accomplishments is that we created one publicly available level of care tool to make decisions about whether someone needed addiction treatment and where they should receive it. We ended the constant and almost immediate interference by the insurers about whether the person needed to still be in that level of addiction treatment. We ended the need for prior approval to access treatment, including medications.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Healthcare Policy and Management
Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 5–5
- Publication date
- 17 January 2026
- Language
- EN