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Posted 6/26/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This report presents information about Medicaid coverage of medication-assisted treatment for opioid and alcohol dependence. It covers treatment effectiveness and cost effectiveness. The report also offers examples of innovative approaches in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Maryland.
Posted 6/26/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This report provides recommendations for actions that state and local leaders can take immediately to increase evidence-based practices, decrease arbitrary determinations, and prevent overdose deaths. The report also provides concrete steps that will, in the longterm, help dismantle a siloed system of unequal access and disparities and move towards an integrated system that promotes restorative justice, where people and families are treated with dignity, and where addiction is treated as a health and wellness matter rather than one of moral failing or criminality.
Posted 6/16/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
The most effective therapy for people with opioid use disorder involves the use of Food and Drug Administration-approved medications—methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone. Despite evidence that this approach, known as medications for opioid use disorder, reduces relapse and saves lives, the vast majority of jails and prisons do not offer this treatment.
Posted 6/16/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
At least 95 percent of individuals in state prisons will eventually return to communities. In fact, in a typical year more than half a million people do so, with many more coming from jails. A disproportionate share of these individuals have one or more chronic illnesses, including more than half who met the criteria for a non-alcohol and nicotine-related substance use disorder from 2007 to 2009, according to the latest available data.
Posted 6/12/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
The HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) Regional Health Administrators presented a webinar series highlighting resources, policies, and assistance for developing and expanding SSPs in diverse settings and in different communities across the country, the three webinars were held in 2019.
Posted 5/11/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This fact sheet describes changes to Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reimbursement for Medication-Assisted Treatment drugs administered to fee-for-service Oregon Health Plan members, effective January 1, 2019.
Posted 5/11/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Medication assisted treatment (MAT) will be offered to patients who have a current diagnosis of opioid use disorder (OUD), moderate to severe, and who meet predetermined criteria.
Posted 5/11/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Behavioral health integration, or BHI, requires that the health and mental health systems are organized through integrated care models that address the full spectrum of health needs.
Posted 4/3/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This RSV Breakout Session was held in the Supreme Court Room on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at 4:15 PM
Posted 4/3/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This RSV Breakout Session for RCORP Implementation and MAT Expansion grantees was held in the Independence Ballroom Salons D & E on Friday, March 6, 2020, at 11:15 AM