Fentanyl is a dangerous opioid that is being abused. While similar to heroin and morphine, it is even more potent that those dangerous drugs.
The creatinine level is used in urine testing in two ways, to determine the specimen validity and to determine “new use” of marijuana.
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A large, top-ranking hospital system in the southeastern United States wanted to assess its risk level for patients who are prescribed opioids in their course of treatment. The hospital system
realized that it didn’t have a defined…
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With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion, most state Medicaid programs have been expanded to cover mental health and substance abuse services for more adults.
There are multiple ways to monitor a probationer’s court-ordered drug testing, including urine, oral fluid,
blood, and hair analyses.
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What is “flakka” and how is it used? “Flakka” is in the same class of chemical found in bath salts. It contains a compound known as alpha-PVP, similar in structure to MDPV. It is a synthetic drug that is structurally related to cathinone.
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Alcohol is one of the most widely abused substances, but also one of the most difficult to monitor. Fortunately, two sensitive and specific biomarkers facilitate monitoring alcohol use.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services deadline to transition from ICD 9 to ICD 10 codes is fast approaching. Click here to download an informative cross walk of the top 100 code conversions.
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Today heroin is synthesized from opium obtained from the flower pod of poppies (papaver somniferum) grown extensively in Southeast Asia…
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What is it? Kratom (mitragyna speciosa) is a tree indigenous to Thailand and other South East Asian countries. The tree belongs to the same botanical family as the coffee tree…
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