Currently, there are nearly 15,700 physicians who have been approved by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (
SAMHSA) and the DEA for office-based narcotic
buprenorphine treatment. Of those physicians, approximately 13,150 were approved to treat up to 30 patients per provider and about 2,500 were approved to treat up to 100 patients. More than 3,000 physicians have submitted their intention to treat up to 100 patients per provider.