Buprenorphine prescribing is increasingly delivered by primary care nurse practitioners to Medicaid beneficiaries
NPs play a critical role in expanding access to buprenorphine treatment for Medicaid patients with OUD. Similar patient complexity across providers supports the potential for broader NP involvement in OUD care. The lack of change after X-waiver removal suggests that other factors influence prescribing practices.
Authors
- Eleanor Turi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3614-5968)
- Suet Lim
- Oluwatoyin Fadeyibi
- Molly Candon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8312-951X)
- Emily Lorenc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4710-0005)
- Jewell Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0478-1145)
- Lisa Shen
- Samuel Williams
- Peggy Compton
Institutions
- Ohio Department of Health (US)
- West Health (US)
- Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services (US)
- Community College of Philadelphia (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- Published
- 2026-02-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jxx.0000000000001258
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00