Addiction Treatment Pivots for Coronavirus | The Pew Charitable Trusts

By: Jeffrey Lynne April 3, 2020 11:55 pm

Time to read: 5 Minutes

Addiction Treatment Pivots for Coronavirus | The Pew Charitable Trusts

Helping patients stay in recovery from an opioid addiction was never easy. The coronavirus crisis made it harder.

Nationwide, addiction treatment clinics are expanding their hours, hiring more staff to take people’s temperatures, providing home delivery and curbside pickup for medication, and revamping procedures to limit human contact in what has been a high-touch health care service.

Without more money, the cost of retooling their services could put some providers out of business.

At West Midtown Medical Group, a methadone clinic in Manhattan, New York, the once-routine business of providing roughly 900 patients a daily cup of lifesaving addiction medicine has been upended.

Allegra Schorr, one of the clinic’s owners, predicts much more change in the weeks ahead…

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Jeffrey Lynne

Jeffrey Lynne is a partner at Beighley, Myrick, Udell, Lynne + Zeichman, P.A. in both the firm’s Land Use & Zoning and Governmental Affairs & Regulated Industries practice groups. He also chairs the Firm’s Behavioral Healthcare Practice Group and represents clients with local, state and federal zoning, permitting, licensing, and regulatory matters. Mr. Lynne received his undergraduate education at the University of Florida and attended law school at the University of Miami (1997).

Addiction Treatment Pivots for Coronavirus | The Pew Charitable Trusts

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