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Posted 6/6/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
This session highlighted over a decade of Community Apgar research and its implementation supporting community development for physician recruitment and retention in rural FQHCs and CAHs. This presentation also included ongoing implementation of the program through collaboration with 3RNet and the use of a “Factors Book” which can highlight community assets and focus recruitment efforts to better meet community needs.
Posted 5/10/2021 (updated 9/2/2021)
Participants will be provided an overview on how to appropriately document, code and bill for encounters throughout the SUD/OUD continuum of care following CMS billing rules for FQHCs/RHC. An overview of the opportunities and challenges associated with MAT reimbursement mechanisms including coding and billing for Medicare, managed care, Medicaid, and other third-party payors will also be presented as will a brief description of revenue options for reporting Transitional Care Management, Virtual Communication Services, Telehealth, and other care management services such as Behavioral Health Integration and the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model.
Posted 6/16/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
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 9/2/2021)
This cross-sectional study included all counties and county-equivalent divisions in the US in 2016. Data on racial/ethnic population distribution were derived from the American Community Survey, and data on locations of facilities providing methadone and buprenorphine were obtained from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration databases.
Posted 2/4/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
A Systems Perspective of the Opioid Epidemic Webinar Presentation and Materials
Posted 12/30/2019 (updated 9/2/2021)
The Office of Rural Health Policy uses two methods to determine geographic eligibility for its grant programs.
Posted 6/12/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
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 2/26/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
In this cross-sectional study of data from 3142 US counties, counties in the South Atlantic, Mountain, and East North Central divisions had more than twice the odds of being at high risk for opioid overdose mortality and lacking in capacity to deliver medications for opioid use disorder. Higher density of primary care clinicians, a younger population, micropolitan status, and lower rates of unemployment were associated with lower risk of opioid overdose and lower risk of lacking in capacity to deliver medications for opioid use disorder.
Posted 6/16/2020 (updated 9/2/2021)
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 9/2/2021)
The Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America is an initiative launched by the federal government with the aim of addressing the HIV epidemic in the United States. The initiative was announced by President Trump during the State of the Union address in February 2019 and aims to reduce new HIV infections by 75% in five years and by 90% in ten years by focusing first on the hardest hit areas of the country.