• This is a Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrative measure.
• The annual reported rate captures activity during the stated measurement year (MY).

This measure reports on the percentage of Medicaid beneficiaries ages 18 to 64 with an opioid use disorder (OUD) who filled a prescription for or were administered or dispensed an FDA-approved medication for the disorder during the measurement year. Five rates are reported:
• A total rate capturing any medications used in medication assisted treatment of opioid dependence and addiction (graphed above)
• Four separate rates representing the following types of FDA-approved drug products:
- Buprenorphine
- Oral naltrexone
- Long-acting, injectable naltrexone
- Methadone

Last updated: August 2021