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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 0.69 MB] and Volume 2 [PDF 1.28 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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Financing the Future of Integrated Care: Screening in Behavioral Health and Primary Care Settings

This brief is part of a series that aims to accelerate implementation of evidence-based integrated care interventions across a myriad of organization settings. It aims to highlight considerations salient to the aim of cross pollinating screenings in mental health and substance use and primary care settings.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
143 KB

Financing the Future of Integrated Care: Tobacco Use Disorder Treatment

The Tobacco Use Disorder Treatment Module supports organizations implementing evidence-based integrated care approaches that are specific to tobacco cessation. This module provides financing strategies for tobacco cessation that can be used in a variety of settings where physical and/or behavioral health services are provided.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
253 KB

Greater Portland Health: Treating Patients at a Health Care for the Homeless Program in Maine

This case study explores implementation of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) through a federally qualified health center (FQHC) serving as a Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) program in Portland, Maine.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Centers for Health Care Strategies (CHCS)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
193 KB

Guide to Equity in Behavioral Health Care

The guide discusses existing behavioral healthcare services in the United States and highlights barriers to care, stigma, and discrimination that exist. It also notes the overdose epidemic and services in place to combat it.
Format
Guide
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
States
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
Urban Institute
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
293 KB

Guide to Equity in Pharmacy Services

This guide equips advocates and changemakers with key information about pharmacy services, including an overview of the system’s inequities, and highlights the policy and accountability levers that can advance equity.
Format
Guide
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
Communities
Medical Providers
Source
Urban Institute
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
223 KB

Guide to Equity in the Veterans Health Administration

This guide equips advocates with key information about the Veterans Health Administration, including an overview of the system’s inequities, and highlights the policy and accountability levers that can advance equity.
Format
Guide
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Policymakers and Payers
Medical Providers
Source
Urban Institute
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
157 KB

How Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Cash? We Built a Database of Answers

KFF Health News, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Shatterproof compiled a database of publicly reported opioid settlement expenditures in 2022 and 2023. States were invited to review the data collected about their spending and share with the public a brief response or explanation about their approach to the money.
Format
Web Page
Audience
States
Source
KFF Health News
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model

The web page highlights a new payment model from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for innovation in behavioral health. The model will focus on improving the quality of care and behavioral and physical health outcomes and will begin on January 1, 2025.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Meaningfully Partnering With Harm Reduction Organizations and Other Community-based Organizations That Serve People Who Use Drugs

This tool highlights another valuable method for health departments to ensure the inclusion of People With Lived or Living Experience (PWLLE): establishing grantmaking programs and developing meaningful partnerships with community-based organizations (CBOs) that are led for and by PWLLE, including harm reduction organizations. The target audience for this tool includes all staff within substance use-related departments.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Communities
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
610 KB