Overdose Response Episodes

Brannon Traxler, ASTHO board member and acting director of the South Carolina Department of Public Health, discusses how coordination among public health, law enforcement, emergency medical services, treatment providers, and community partners has led to a two-year decline in overdose deaths.

Madison Hluchan, ASTHO assistant director of Medicaid and value-based payment, details how a new ASTHO resource can help your team with the Rural Health Transformation Program; and JoAnne Deehr, ASTHO senior analyst for state health policy, shares prevention and response policies to reduce overdoses involving synthetic opioids.