Substance Use Tools & Resources    

Explains topics related to billing Medicare and Medicaid for telehealth services, such as billing codes, policies, and application during COVID-19

This toolkit, supported by funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Bloomberg Philanthropies, provides correctional administrators and health care providers recommendations and tools for implementing medication-assisted treatm

The Action Alliance’s Mental Health & Suicide Prevention National Response to COVID-19 (National Response) is a diverse, nonpartisan public-private partnership committed to driving meaningful, lasting change in mental health and suicide prevention through collaboration, leadership, and action. The National Response is working to create sustainable and comprehensive solutions to the mental health impacts of this pandemic, while also preparing to address future needs by mitigating risks and building resiliency.

Online screenings from Mental Health America (MHA) to quickly and easily determine whether someone is experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition.

Provides assistance, education, and information to organizations and individuals who are actively providing or interested in providing healthcare at a distance through events, resources, webinars, techncial assistance, and an interactive map used to find the affiliated regional telehealth resource center

Provides information on evidence-based treatment of OUD. This guideline is the only document of its kind to include all Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications in one place.

Navigating Addiction and Treatment: A Guide for Families is a resource for family members who are trying to navigate the complex world of addiction and help loved ones achieve recovery. The guide includes basic definitions, as well as in-depth information about substance use disorders, treatment options, communication strategies, and self-care tips.

This statement provides an overview of the effect of the opioid crisis on the mother-infant dyad and provide recommendations for management of the infant with opioid exposure, including clinical presentation, assessment, treatment, and discharge.

In the Calender Year 2020 Physician Fee Schedule final rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services included new coding and payment for a monthly bundle of services for the treatment of opioid use disorder that includes overall management, care coordination, individual and group psychotherapy, substance use counseling, and add-on code for additional counseling. This is a way for clinicians to bill for a group of services in the office setting similar to the services covered under the Opioid Treatment Program benefit for clinics.

Not sure where to start in implementing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for adolescents within your primary care setting? These on-demand modules breaks out the clinical components of the SBIRT process and introduce the Improving Adolescent Health: Facilitating Change for Excellence in SBIRT change package.