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Posted 4/5/2024
This study assessed the associations between insurance status and 6-month retention of patients with opioid use disorder on telehealth platforms. Patients whose insurance paid for their care were most likely to still be receiving buprenorphine 6 months after starting treatment. Uninsured patients who paid cash were more likely to be in treatment at 6 months than people with insurance that did not cover their care. Findings showed an association between in-network insurance benefits and retention, which may affect the opioid crisis.
Posted 11/6/2023 (updated 3/28/2024)
The John Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health launched the new Tribal Principles website which offers culturally relevant, Indigenous-centered guidance for Tribes to consider when creating spending plans for the use of Tribal opioid settlements. This work complements the broad state/national settlement guidance led at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Posted 10/27/2023 (updated 3/28/2024)
While each state faces unique challenges in distributing opioid settlement funding, they also share many common priorities for settlements and other statewide efforts to address the opioid and substance use crisis.
Why it matters: Opioid settlement funding provides a unique opportunity to address current gaps in the addiction care system as a whole.
Posted 4/21/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
Learn about sustainability in the grant cycle to maintain successful programs to improve the health of rural Americans. Each community will have different needs to be successful. The RHIhub and Georgia Health Policy Center has framework, strategies, and toolkits for varying programs.
Posted 12/20/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Physician Fee Schedule. This rule makes policy updates which may increase accessibility of behavioral health services and telehealth services in rural areas. CMS subject matter experts from the Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group (HAPG) presented on the behavioral health and telehealth updates in the rule during the webinar held on Wednesday, December 14, 2022.
Posted 11/16/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
In this cross-sectional study of 266 Medicaid MCO plans and 39 FFS programs, FFS programs offered more generous MOUD coverage, but a higher percentage of FFS programs imposed PA than MCO plans.
Posted 5/17/2021 (updated 4/10/2024)
New medications for office-based treatment of opioid
addiction are comparable in efficacy to other chronic
conditions such as diabetes, asthma, and hypertension
when combined with other interventions and as part of a
comprehensive care plan. They are safe, highly effective,
can be prescribed and/or administered at the Community
Health Center, with a sustainable business plan.
Posted 10/7/2020 (updated 3/29/2024)
This toolkit contains clinical materials targeting treatment of substance use disorder in the acute care setting.
Posted 8/14/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This toolkit provides rural communities with the information, resources, and materials they need to develop a community health program in a rural community.
Each of the toolkit's six modules contains information that communities can apply to develop a rural health program, regardless of the specific health topic the program addresses. The toolkit also links to issue-specific toolkits for more in-depth information.