Support for rural primary care clinics increases their ability to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use disorder

Despite the removal of the X-waiver requirement, which once restricted clinicians from prescribing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD), only a small percentage of primary care clinicians currently prescribe medication for OUD (MOUD). A study published in The Annals of Family Medicine evaluated a structured support program to help small, rural primary care clinics improve their capacity to provide this treatment.