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MU Health Care to Discuss Opioid Program

MU Health Care representatives will get together with 4th District Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler on Monday afternoon to talk about the status of a medication-assisted opioid recovery program.

Leslie Porth, senior vice president of strategic quality initiatives for the Missouri Hospital Association, and emergency room physician Jonathan Heidt will meet with Hartzler, R-Harrisonville, and other stakeholders in the Opioid State Targeted Response program, according to a news release from the association.

The program, which is funded by a federal grant, aims to use treatments such as buprenorphine to treat more patients with opioid addictions.

The discussion will take place from 2:15 to 3 p.m. at the Missouri Orthoepaedic Institute, 1100 Virginia Ave. Parking is available on the second level of Parking Structure No. 7.