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In two recent radio interviews, Marlies Perez, Division Chief of the Substance Use Disorder Compliance Division at DHCS, highlighted the treatment resources available to those with an opioid use disorder, including a treatment locator available at ChooseChangeCA.org....

Between 2014 and 2018, the use of buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder increased nearly four times among Medi-Cal enrollees, according to a recent article from California Healthline. The article also describes California MAT Expansion project efforts including a recent media campaign, Choose Change California and its treatment locator, as well as efforts to inform providers about obtaining a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine and expand MAT for tribal populations.

During an ABC 10 Sacramento and Company segment, Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Division Chief of the Substance Use Disorder Compliance Division, Marlies Perez, discussed opioid use disorder, medication assisted treatment (MAT), and DHCS efforts to address...