PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A performance audit released Wednesday revealed that Rhode Island’s Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals has failed to ensure opioid treatment providers are complying with state and federal regulations.
The Office of the Auditor General reviewed 100 sample opioid treatment claims from between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2024, and discovered that each one failed to meet at least one compliance requirement.
The deficiencies involved inadequate or missing documentation, such as patients’ biopsychosocial assessments, treatment plans, counseling services, toxicology screenings, medical examinations and care coordination…