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Opioid Use Disorder
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Nursing Home Network That Turned Away Opioid Addicts Reaches Settlement
A nursing home network has agreed to make restitution for turning away people - on more than 350 occasions - for having an opioid addiction. On Tuesday, Dec. 29, Alliance Health and Human Services - which operates 8 skilled rehab and nursing facilities in Massachusetts - resolved allegations that it had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by turning away patients because they were being treated for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) with methadone or buprenorphine, said the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts. People being treated for OUD are generally considered to be disabled und…