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ʻO Colorado Access Contracts me CuraWest e lawe mai i nā poʻe noho o Colorado me Medicaid New Addiction Treatment Treatment

AURORA, Colo. —  ʻO Access Access hoʻolaha i kahi ʻaelike i loko o ka pūnaewele me CuraWest, he hale mālama ʻo Guardian Recovery Network e hoʻoneʻe ana i kahi pale kālā koʻikoʻi e kū nei nā kamaʻāina o Colorado i ka wā e ʻimi ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no nā maʻi hoʻohana lāʻau.

Hōʻike ʻo Coloradans i ka ʻinikua kūpono ʻole a me ka nele o nā lawelawe lapaʻau kūpono e like me nā kumu pale nui loa a lākou e kū nei i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lawelawe mālama olakino. Ua ʻike ʻia ka 2019 Colorado Health Access Survey ma luna o 2.5% o Coloradans 18 a ʻoi aku (95,000 mau kānaka) ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e hoʻoponopono i ko lākou hilinaʻi ʻana, ma muli o nā pilikia kālā.

Ua haʻi ʻo Brian Tierney, ka luna hoʻokele o CuraWest, ua pili ka ʻaelike hou me ka misionari o ka hui e kōkua i ka poʻe āpau i loaʻa i nā maʻi hoʻohana lāʻau (SUDs). "ʻO ka hana pū me Colorado Access a me CCHA hiki iā mākou ke lawelawe i nā poʻe hou aku e pono ai ka mālama ola ma mua o ka lohi."

Ua hoʻohui ʻo Rob Bremer, PhD, hope pelekikena o ke olakino olakino no Colorado Access, "Ua hauʻoli ʻo Colorado Access e hoʻohui iā CuraWest i kā mākou pūnaewele o nā mea hoʻolako. ʻO kā lākou hana e hoʻonui i nā lawelawe SUD e pōmaikaʻi loa ia i nā Coloradans me Medicaid.

Ma 2022, ma kahi o 25% o Coloradans (1.73 miliona mau kānaka) i loaʻa ka mālama olakino ma o Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program). Eia nō naʻe, liʻiliʻi loa nā kikowaena mālama kālā pilikino ma ka ʻāina ʻo Denver e ʻae i ka uhi ʻana mai nā hui kuleana kūloko (RAEs), e like me Colorado Access. He mea kū hoʻokahi ʻo CuraWest no ka mea he kikowaena mālama mālama pilikino ia e hāʻawi ana i kahi haʻawina hoʻonaʻauao kūikawā nui a hana pū me RAE ma Denver a me nā wahi a puni.

"E like me ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o nā kamaʻāina Colorado i uhi ʻia e Health First Colorado, pēlā nō ka pono o nā mea hoʻolako maikaʻi e ʻae i kā lākou uhi," wahi a Joshua Foster, ka luna hoʻomalu o Guardian Recovery Network. "ʻAʻole i loaʻa kahi manawa koʻikoʻi no nā mea hoʻolako, nāna e lawelawe wale i nā mea maʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka ʻoihana, e hoʻonui i kā lākou lawelawe i ka poʻe i uhi ʻia e nā ʻinikua kālā kālā. Mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana, ua hana ikaika ʻo Guardian Recovery Network i ka mālama ʻana i kēlā me kēia kanaka e pono ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Ua hauʻoli mākou i hiki iā mākou ke lawelawe i nā Coloradans hou aku. "

ʻO ka Colorado Opioid Epidemic

ʻO ka lilo ʻana i loko o ka pūnaewele me Colorado Access e hāʻawi iā CuraWest i ka manawa e hakakā hou ai i ka maʻi maʻi opioid āpau. Ua piʻi nui ka make ʻana o ka lāʻau overdose ma Colorado. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia mau make e pili ana i ka fentanyl, kahi opioid synthetic ma kahi o 100 mau manawa ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o ka morphine. Ua ʻike ʻo Colorado i kahi kokoke i 70% ka piʻi ʻana o nā overdoses fentanyl mai 2020 a 2021, e like me ka Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

"Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka make ʻana o ka opioid i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai ka maʻi maʻi," wahi a Foster. "ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i Colorado Access a me CCHA-uhi ʻia ʻo Coloradans me kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, ka papahana lapaʻau step-down ka liʻiliʻi o nā hihia addiction a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka make overdose."

Loaʻa ka Fentanyl i loko o ka pauka a me ka pill form a ua hui pinepine ʻia me nā mea ʻē aʻe e like me ka cocaine, heroin, a me ka mariuana. ʻAʻole maʻemaʻe nā mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loaʻa ma Colorado, e hoʻopilikia ana i nā mea hoʻohana novice a me nā mea hoʻohana mua.

"Aia kahi manaʻo nui o ka wikiwiki e pili ana i ka maʻi maʻi opioid Colorado," wahi a Tierney. “ʻO ka kali ʻana i ka 'hit rock bottom' ʻaʻole ia he koho hou; ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka fentanyl i hoʻokahi manawa hiki ke hopena i kahi overdose make. Pono e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia nā paepae a pono e hoʻopau koke ʻia nā pale i ka mālama. He mea nui ka wehe ʻana i ka pale kālā i ka mālama ʻana. "

No ka Access Colorado

Ma ke ʻano he hoʻolālā olakino olakino nui a ʻike nui loa ma ka mokuʻāina, ʻO Access Access he hui ʻoihana ʻole e hana ma mua o ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā lawelawe olakino. Hoʻopili ka hui i ka hālāwai ʻana i nā pono kūʻokoʻa o nā lālā ma o ka launa pū ʻana me nā mea hoʻolako a me nā hui kaiaulu e hāʻawi i ka mālama pilikino maikaʻi aʻe ma o nā hopena hiki ke ana. ʻO kā lākou ʻike ākea a hohonu hoʻi o nā ʻōnaehana kūloko a me nā ʻōnaehana kūloko e hiki ai iā lākou ke noʻonoʻo pono i ka mālama ʻana o nā lālā me ka hana pū ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana hiki ke ana a me ka hoʻokele waiwai e lawelawe maikaʻi ana iā lākou. E aʻo hou ma coaccess.com.