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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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Reducing Stigma Toward Families Impacted by Opioid Use Disorder (PDF - 1.18 MB)

The purpose of this resource guide is to share practical strategies and resources implemented by the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Investment Program awardees for addressing opioid use disorder (OUD) stigma in hospitals treating pregnant and parenting women with OUD.
Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Massachusetts Health Policy Commission
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Reimbursement for Medications for Addiction Treatment Toolkit (PDF - 1.82 MB)

This guide provides considerations and strategies for clinicians and organizations implementing evidence-based practices. Approaches presented will assist clinicians, behavioral health organizations, primary care providers, insurers, and policy makers in understanding, selecting, and implementing evidence-based interventions that support adults with concurrent substance use and/or concurrent substance use disorders, including alcohol.

Format
Toolkit
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Safe Use of Benzodiazepines: Clinical, Regulatory, and Public Health Perspectives

This two-day public workshop convened regulators, academic researchers, clinicians, patient advocates, and other stakeholders to share information underlying this action and gather input related to the safe use of benzodiazepines.
Format
Webinar/Video
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Communities
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy / Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Year
Resource Type
Video

Screening and Interventions for Social Risk Factors: A Technical Brief to Support the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (PDF - 2.9 MB)

This technical brief highlights research on screening and interventions for social risk factors, including screening for substance use, and presents gaps in the research as well as challenges of implementing these interventions.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
Eder M, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Screening and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis in People with Substance Use Disorders (PDF - 818 KB)

This Advisory offers guidance to providers and administrators in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment programs on screening clients for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C infections and educating clients about their risks.

Format
Advisory
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Six Tips to Effectively Treat Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Areas

This page from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) discusses strategies for effectively treating opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural areas.

Format
Web Page
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Communities
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Speaking the Same Language: A Toolkit for Strengthening Patient-Centered Addiction Care in the United States (PDF - 3.84 MB)

This toolkit offers high-level strategies for integrating The American Society of Addiction Medicine Criteria into a state’s approach to SUD services, as well as potential pathways, implementation vehicles, state examples, model legislative, regulatory, and contractual language.
Format
Toolkit
Audience
Medical Providers
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
The Wellbeing Trust
Year
Resource Type
PDF

State and Territory COVID Telehealth Waivers (PDF - 1 MB)

This list provides information on U.S. states and territories telehealth waivers.

Format
Other
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
Federation of State Medical Boards
Year
Resource Type
PDF

State Approaches to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment across the Correctional Continuum (PDF - 1.02 MB)

This toolkit, informed by interviews with key leaders across several states, examines state policy actions at each of the intercept levels defined in the Sequential Intercept Model framework, and explores opportunities for states to successfully integrate treatment and prevention services across the behavioral health and criminal justice continuum.
Format
Toolkit
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Schools
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
Year
Resource Type
PDF