OPINION: A Window to Quit: Why Now is the Moment to Treat Tobacco and Opioid Use Together
By Angie Vogt, Groups Medical Director As of July 1, the price of cigarettes and other tobacco products in Indiana just went up. Lawmakers approved an increase to the state’s tobacco tax — an important step toward reducing tobacco use rates, saving lives and generating public health funding. But the significance of this moment goes […]
OPINION: Kentucky is starting to win the unrelenting war against addiction
By Lori Gordon, Groups As a social worker, a former leader of behavioral health at one of Kentucky’s largest Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), and an Executive Director of Partner Success at Groups, where we lead the nation in value-based care for Opioid Use Disorder, I am deeply committed to effective addiction treatment. I’ve also seen […]