![]() ![]() ![]() Those hospitals join more than 300 other hospitals across the United States that have filed similar suits, which have been consolidated with other plaintiffs that include state and local governments. Thirty-one West Virginia hospitals recently filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and their distributors. That's unsustainable and a prescription for disaster given how expensive caring for these patients can be." "Hospitals across this country are taking a direct hit as they care for thousands of patients addicted to prescription opioids – yet they often receive little to no reimbursement. "We're fortunate so many great minds and passionate people are focused on this crisis, the epicenter of which is here in West Virginia, Ohio, and all of Appalachia, but we also have to back them up with the resources they need to start changing its outcome," Gee said. Kasich and Gee, who is also the chair of the West Virginia University Health System Board of Directors, recently met with a number of West Virginia health care providers – nurses, doctors, addiction treatment experts, social workers, and hospital administrators – to hear firsthand about the impact of the crisis on their operations, as well as to discuss new and innovative ways to care for patients struggling with opioid addiction. "We must ensure people across the country hear the voices of these frontline caregivers loudly and clearly and help them understand how this ongoing crisis is endangering the viability of America's hospitals." "Hospitals and health systems across the country are in the trenches trying to manage this crisis as best they can but are struggling given the complexity of the cases, the sheer number of patients involved, and the often meager reimbursement for providing the care," Gee said. The 501(c)(4) organization has a twofold mission to advance evidence-based solutions for America's opioid crisis and to educate policymakers and the public about the negative impact the crisis is having on the nation's health care infrastructure. Gordon Gee today announced the formation of Citizens for Effective Opioid Treatment at. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - Former Ohio Governor John Kasich and West Virginia University President Dr. ![]()
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