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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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Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care: Better Care and Health for the Whole Person

This issue brief provides best practices from health insurance providers related to integrating behavioral health and primary care to improve health outcomes, including potential policy solutions and opportunities.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Organizational Leadership
Source
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
562 KB

Integrating Primary Care and Behavioral Health to Address the Behavioral Health Crisis

This publication describes approaches for integrating behavioral health (including mental health and substance use) care into primary care and how integrated practices can provide better services to meet mental health, substance use, and other medical needs.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Organizational Leadership
Source
The Commonwealth Fund
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Integrating SUD and OB/GYN Care: Policy Challenges and Opportunities Final Report

This report aims to address the treatment opportunities for pregnant and postpartum (or parenting) women (PPW) with substance use disorder (SUD) by describing opportunities to integrate obstetricians and gynecologists (OB/GYN) and SUD care as well as barriers to integrated care delivery.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Organizational Leadership
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), Office of Behavioral Health, Disability, and Aging Policy (BHDAP)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
584 KB

Know Your Rights: Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits

This brochure gives an overview of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. It lists some of the common limits placed on mental health and substance use disorder benefits and services.
Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Patients
Communities
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
2.19 MB

Low Barrier Opioid Treatment Response Program - Project ECHO Learning Collaborative Press Packet

This is the press packet for Project ECHO, a joint 12-month Project ECHO on implementation of a low barrier treatment model for opioid use disorder. It describes the plan and background of the project, and the pieces that makle a low-barrier model unique.
Format
Other
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Maine Primary Care Association / Penobscot Community Health Care
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
3.2 MB

Margolis-FDA Workshop: Identifying Key Competencies for Opioid Prescriber Education

This was a two-day virtual public workshop (which can now be re-watched) that focused on identifying gaps in existing opioid prescriber education offerings and core competencies that should be included in educational content for opioid prescribers and other healthcare providers, including prescriber education under a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS).
Format
Webinar/Video
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy / Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Year
Resource Type
Video