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<h2 align="center" style="text-align:center">HHS Works to Expand Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) to Address Opioid Epidemic<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">On Tuesday, November 15<sup>th</sup>, the Department for Health and Human Services (HHS)
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Starting February 2017, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants will be able to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication typically used to treat opioid use disorders. Once training requirements are met, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants can apply
 for a waiver to treat up to 30 patients.<br>
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<a href="https://click.mail.whitehouse.gov/?qs=39df2f2390c2d87ea5d4898a2a06bb869f751a350eb90dbf08aee1f5b12fb324a93b480e74bb099c"><span style="color:#0000EE;text-decoration:none">Yesterday's actions</span></a> build on one of the three main priorities of HHS
 Secretary Burwell’s initiative to combat the opioid epidemic: increasing access to MAT for opioid use disorder and reflects public input on the issue.<br>
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Updates on training information and the waiver application will be available at <a href="https://click.mail.whitehouse.gov/?qs=39df2f2390c2d87e8b2d123af2faa174af32bda212d054296eb14035ba0cdc55a6d1b5e2863ff1ef">
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