OTPs report on barriers to methadone van implementation in state-by-state report

Abstract

Although the federal government has allowed opioid treatment programs (OTPs) to treat patients with methadone by mobile vans for three years (see ADAW https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.33120), pickup by the states has been slow. The innovation makes it much easier for patients in rural areas, and patients without access to transportation, to receive treatment. But unless it's put into practice, it won't work to increase treatment rates and reduce the opioid overdose crisis.