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Posted 3/3/2021 (updated 4/5/2024)
The National Governors Association and the American Correctional Association recently released a new toolkit on "Expanding Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Corrections and Community Settings: A Roadmap for States to Reduce Opioid Use Disorder for People in the Justice System."
This roadmap highlights existing state efforts and serves as a policy development tool for Governors and state officials seeking to improve coordination and bolster existing efforts across state agencies to address OUD among people involved in the justice system by expanding access to evidence-based medications. The following are key steps for supporting MOUD in corrections settings.
Posted 9/1/2020 (updated 3/29/2024)
This toolkit is intended to give prescribers a broad overview of medication utilization management techniques and describe ways that prescribers can facilitate patient access to needed medications. It focuses on prescribed medications that are filled by retail pharmacies; it does not cover the processes for methadone or specialty pharmacy products, such as injectable or implantable medications, all of which are commonly covered by a patient’s medical benefit rather than their pharmacy benefit.
Posted 2/4/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
How States are Responding to the Opioid Crisis: An Overview Webinar Presentation and Materials
Posted 7/9/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This presentation provides tips using examples from the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program on working with subcontractors, stakeholders and partners in ways to demonstrate outcomes.