Colorado Access Contracts ndi CuraWest Kubweretsa Okhala ku Colorado okhala ndi Medicaid New Addiction Treatment Option
AURORA, Colo. Kufikira kwa Colorado adalengeza mgwirizano wapaintaneti ndi CuraWest, malo a Guardian Recovery Network omwe amachotsa chotchinga chachikulu chachuma anthu ambiri a ku Colorado amakumana nawo akafuna chithandizo chamankhwala osokoneza bongo.
Anthu a ku Coloradans amatchula za inshuwaransi yosakwanira komanso kusowa kwa chithandizo chotsika mtengo ngati njira zazikulu zodzitetezera zomwe amakumana nazo polandira chithandizo chamankhwala. Kafukufuku wa 2019 Colorado Health Access Survey adapeza kuti opitilira 2.5% a a Colorado 18 ndi akulu (anthu 95,000) sanalandire chithandizo kapena upangiri wothana ndi kudalira kwawo, makamaka chifukwa cha zolepheretsa zachuma.
Brian Tierney, mkulu wa bungwe la CuraWest, adanena kuti mgwirizano watsopanowu ukugwirizana ndi cholinga cha bungwe lothandizira onse omwe ali ndi vuto la kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo (SUDs). "Kugwira ntchito ndi Colorado Access ndi CCHA kumatithandiza kuti tizitumikira anthu ambiri omwe akusowa chithandizo chopulumutsa moyo nthawi isanathe."
Rob Bremer, PhD, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti waumoyo wamakhalidwe ku Colorado Access, akuwonjezera kuti, "Colorado Access ndiwokonzeka kuwonjezera CuraWest ku netiweki yathu yopereka chithandizo. Ntchito yawo yokulitsa ntchito za SUD ikhala yopindulitsa kwambiri kwa a Coloradans omwe ali ndi Medicaid. ”
Mu 2022, pafupifupi 25% ya a Colorado (anthu 1.73 miliyoni) adalandira chithandizo chamankhwala kudzera mu Health First Colorado (Colorado Medicaid Program). Komabe, ndi malo ochepa chabe omwe amathandizidwa ndi ndalama zapadera m'dera la Denver amavomereza kuthandizidwa ndi mabungwe omwe amawayankha (RAEs), monga Colorado Access. CuraWest ndiyopadera chifukwa ndi chipatala choyendetsedwa payekha chomwe chimapereka maphunziro apadera a chisamaliro ndipo amagwira ntchito ndi RAEs ku Denver ndi madera ozungulira.
"Pamene chiwerengero cha Colorado okhala ndi Health First Colorado chikuwonjezeka, momwemonso kufunikira kwa opereka chithandizo chabwino omwe amavomereza chithandizo chawo," akutero Joshua Foster, mkulu woyang'anira ntchito ku Guardian Recovery Network. "Sipanakhalepo nthawi yofunikira kwambiri kwa othandizira, omwe nthawi zambiri amatumikira odwala omwe ali ndi inshuwaransi yazamalonda, kuti awonjezere ntchito zawo kwa omwe ali ndi inshuwaransi yothandizidwa ndi boma. Chiyambireni, Guardian Recovery Network yakhala ikugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti ipereke chisamaliro kwa munthu aliyense wofuna chithandizo chamankhwala. Ndife okondwa kuti tsopano tikutha kutumikira anthu ambiri a ku Colorado.”
Mliri wa Colorado Opioid
Kukhala mu-network ndi Colorado Access kumathandizanso CuraWest mwayi wopitiliza kulimbana ndi mliri wa opioid wapadziko lonse. Chiwopsezo cha kufa kwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo chakwera kwambiri ku Colorado. Zambiri mwa imfazi zimalumikizidwa ndi fentanyl, opioid yopangidwa ndi mphamvu pafupifupi 100 kuposa morphine. Colorado adawona kuwonjezeka kwapafupifupi 70% kwa kufa kwa fentanyl overdoses kuyambira 2020 mpaka 2021, malinga ndi Colorado department of Public Health and Environment.
"Imfa za opioid overdose zawonjezeka chaka ndi chaka kuyambira mliriwu," akutero Foster. "Kupereka Colorado Access ndi CCHA-zophimbidwa ndi Coloradans ndi mlingo wapamwamba, ndondomeko ya chithandizo chotsika kumatanthauza kuchepa kwachizoloŵezi choledzeretsa ndi imfa zochepa zomwe zimafa mwadzidzidzi."
Fentanyl imapezeka mu mawonekedwe a ufa ndi mapiritsi ndipo nthawi zambiri imasakanizidwa ndi zinthu zina monga cocaine, heroin, ndi chamba. Zinthu zolamulidwa zomwe zimapezeka ku Colorado sizikhala zoyera, zomwe zimayika ngakhale ogwiritsa ntchito oyamba komanso oyambira pachiwopsezo.
"Pali kuwonjezereka kwachangu komwe kumakhudzana ndi mliri wa opioid wa Colorado," akutero Tierney. “Kudikira ‘kugunda pansi’ sikulinso mwayi; Kugwiritsa ntchito fentanyl kamodzi kumatha kubweretsa kupha kwambiri. Mipata iyenera kukwezedwa ndipo zolepheretsa chisamaliro ziyenera kuthetsedwa mwachangu. Kuchotsa chopinga chandalama pa chithandizo n’kofunika.”
About Colorado Access
Monga dongosolo lalikulu kwambiri komanso lodziwika bwino lazaumoyo m'boma, Kufikira kwa Colorado ndi bungwe lopanda phindu lomwe limagwira ntchito mopitilira kungoyang'ana zachipatala. Kampaniyo imayang'ana kwambiri pakukwaniritsa zosowa zapadera za mamembala polumikizana ndi opereka chithandizo ndi mabungwe ammudzi kuti apereke chisamaliro chamunthu payekha kudzera pazotsatira zoyezeka. Kuwona kwawo mozama komanso mwakuya kwa machitidwe amdera ndi amderali amawalola kuti asamangoyang'ana chisamaliro cha mamembala pomwe amagwirizana panjira zoyezeka komanso zokhazikika pazachuma zomwe zimawathandiza bwino. Dziwani zambiri pa coaccess.com.