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Medicaid reimbursement rates are set by individual states, and they vary wildly between states. Nebraska's Medicaid rates are the best in the nation, at 167 percent the equivalent Medicare rate and more than double the national average.

A new bill in Idaho would only allow first responders to use naloxone drug overdose kits, Longview News-Journal reported April 1. 

Marin County in California plans to use $7 million in settlement funds to help with the ongoing opioid crisis, Post News Group reported April 2. 

The state of New Mexico is planning to use the $500 million in settlements it received from drug companies to curb the ongoing opioid crisis, Albuquerque Journal reported April 2. 

Medicaid reimbursement rates are set by individual states, and they vary wildly between states. Pennsylvania's Medicaid rates are the worst in the nation, at less than one-third of the equivalent Medicare rate and less than half of the national average.

Syntero, a behavioral health treatment provider, is expanding its presence in Ohio with a new program, the Columbus Dispatch reported April 3. 

Lenawee County in Michigan has created a new program to keep more mentally ill individuals out of jail, the Daily Telegram reported April 3. 

The Colorado Medical Society has created a new program that will offer free peer counseling to any physician or medical student, the Loveland Reporter-Herald reported April 2. 

Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital has raised $4 million to expand its behavioral health services, Greenwich Time reported March 31. 

Here were the 10 most-read industry updates reported by Becker's in March.