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Substance Use Tools & Resources   

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This collection of tools and resources is for providers, staff, and patients who offer or use services to address substance use, and other interested stakeholders. This collection was originally established following an environmental scan on implementing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural primary care. (See PDFs of Volume 1 (PDF - 609 KB) and Volume 2 (PDF - 1.3 MB) of that scan). Items have been continuously added to this collection since then, and the collection has expanded to cover substance use more broadly, rather than just MAT for OUD.

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State-Based Commercial Insurers' COVID-19 Telehealth Policies

These are state-based policies and coding guidance for telehealth services and coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Format
Web Page
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
American Psychological Association (APA) Services, Inc.
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Street Medicine and Outreach: Bringing Care to People Where They Are (PDF - 4.1 MB KB)

This Issue Brief presents best practices and considerations for agencies hoping to develop or expand street medicine and outreach care, through in-person on-site services as well as telehealth delivery, will also be presented.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Communities
Source
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Telebehavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorder

This section of the Rural Health Toolkit includes examples of innovative telehealth approaches to provide care for people with opioid use disorder in rural communities.
Format
Toolkit
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
Rural Health Information (RHI) Hub
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

The Role of Primary Care and Integrated Behavioral Health in Polysubstance Use

This Topic Brief represents a brief overview of the available research on addressing polysubstance use in a primary care setting with a focus on leveraging an integrated behavioral health team.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Agency of Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) Integration Academy
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment (SBIRT): Using the Brief Negotiation Interview (BNI) Across Diverse Populations (PDF - 105 KB KB)

These are conference proceedings from the Technology, Mind, and Society 2021 symposium, which addressed various technology-enabled SBIRT to treatment approaches, focusing specifically on efforts at incorporating artificial intelligence (e.g., machine learning, natural language processing) in this work.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Graduate Education
Other Team Members
Source
Pantalon MV, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Best Practice Guide: Telehealth for Direct-to-Consumer Care

This web page guides providers on direct-to-consumer telehealth, including ways to integrate telehealth into their workflow to meet the needs of their patients and practice, developing a direct-to-consumer strategy, and billing for telehealth.

Format
Web Page
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Organizational Leadership
Source
Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

CMS List of Medicare-Covered Telehealth Services (PDF - n/a KB)

List of services payable under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule when furnished via telehealth.
Format
Other
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

COVID-19

This Topic Brief provides information on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the behavioral health of the general public and healthcare workers, the impact of substance use disorders on COVID-19 outcomes, and other topics.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Agency of Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) Integration Academy
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Digital Peer Support Specialists – An Introductory Webinar

This webinar discusses scientific evidence regarding digital peer support services including telephone-based, video games, and smartphone app peer support services, the current landscape of offerings within the United States, how to select technologies that promote recovery, and ethical challenges/opportunities to the future of peer support.
Format
Webinar/Video
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Moutain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTC)
Year
Resource Type
Video