Effective for services on or after January 1, 2023, this amendment authorizes payment for take home Naloxone dispensed by a hospital upon discharge to members deemed at risk of opioid related overdoses. Naloxone is exlcuded from the Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) relative weight calculation and will be paid according to the physician administered drugs payment methodology under the Attachment 4.19-B authority.
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