KFF Health News Senior Correspondent Angela Hart attended the event Spectrum News 1’S “LA Times Today” last week to explain how California is trying to help drug users kick their habit by paying them to stay sober.
California was the first state to expand access to this cutting-edge addiction treatment, called “contingency management” into its Medicaid program. Washington and Montana have followed suit.
California is focusing on stimulants like meth and cocaine. Under the program, participants must regularly urinate in a cup, and if the urine is free of stimulants, they are paid with a gift card, starting at $10 for the first test. The longer they stay abstinent, the more they are paid — up to $599 per year.
Click here to see Hart discuss the treatment on “L.A. Times Today.”
You can read Hart’s article here In-depth article about the California initiative. He also wrote National Efforts To encourage other states to adopt this innovative approach.
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