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Pa. construction industry tackles opioid crisis
Pennsylvania’s construction industry is taking action to fight the opioid and fentanyl epidemic through awareness, prevention, and safer pain management.
LVHN strengthens drug security after $2.7M settlement
LVHN says it has improved drug security after agreeing to pay $2.7M to settle claims over a pharmacy tech’s theft of controlled substances.
LVHN to pay $2.7M in settlement over stolen drugs
LVHN will pay $2.7M to settle claims it failed to prevent drug thefts by a pharmacy tech, violating the Controlled Substances Act at its Cedar Crest site.
Training series launched to address workforce impacts of opioid crisis
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry announced Wednesday the launch of the “Recovery Coach Workforce Education Series.”
Wolf Administration visits Lehigh Valley to promote opioid addiction treatment
Today, members of the Wolf Administration were in Lehigh Valley to promote Project RAMP, which expands access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.
New partnership to bolster St. Luke’s addiction, behavioral health services
St. Luke’s University Health Network of Bethlehem said Sellersville’s Penn Foundation has joined its network.
Highmark offers opioid use disorder resources to customers
Employers offering Highmark insurance to their employees now have access to a suite of opioid use disorder educational tools through a national nonprofit.
State adds $5 million to help physicians who treat opioid disorders
The state has allocated an additional $5 million in federal funding for a loan repayment program for health care practitioners who treat substance-use and opioid-use disorders. The increased funding, announced Dec. 20, is available to health care practitioners who work in areas with high opioid-use and a shortage of health-care options.
AG Shapiro Announces $48 Billion Opioid Epidemic Deal with Five Companies
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced on Oct. 21 that he and Attorneys General Josh Stein (NC), Herbert Slatery (TN), and Ken Paxton (TX) secured a $48 billion agreement in principle with pharmaceutical companies Cardinal Health, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, Johnson & Johnson, and Teva for their roles in fueling the opioid epidemic, according to Shapiro’s office.
St. Luke’s Miners receives $1M grant to fight opioid crisis
The Health Resources and Services Administration or HRSA, has awarded St. Luke’s Miners Campus a $1 million grant to help combat the opioid crisis.
