Office of the Inspector General (OIG)

Enrollees in high-need areas often lack access to providers who can prescribe or dispense these medications, OIG finds.

Payments to insurance agents incentivize them to base referrals on financial considerations, DOJ says.

CMS received more than 200,000 complaints in the first six months of the year about such actions.

The funding will support establishing and expanding comprehensive substance use disorder treatment and recovery services in rural areas.