Source: United States Senator for West Virginia Joe Manchin
Charleston, WV – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced West Virginia is one of five states that will receive reimbursements for increases in Medicaid expenditures to boost substance use treatment provider capacity in West Virginia. This funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will support substance use disorder prevention, treatment, recovery and other services for Medicaid patients across West Virginia.
“West Virginia continues to have one of the highest overdose rates in the country, with 1,377 drug related overdose deaths in the last year alone. As we continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and the worsening drug epidemic, our healthcare providers are exhausted and need support. This announcement is welcome news for our Medicaid substance use treatment providers who will now receive continued federal funding over the next three years to boost our substance use disorder provider workforce,” said Senator Manchin. “This is another step in defeating this crisis and helping our fellow West Virginians get the quality treatment they need and deserve while supporting our brave healthcare providers.”