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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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Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome

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.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Pediatrics
Year
Resource Type
Article

Office-Based Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Treatment Billing

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.
Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
States
Source
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

On-Demand YSBIRT Modules

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.
Format
Web-Based Course
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
National Council for Behavioral Health Youth SBIRT
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Opioid Prevention Campaign Toolkit

The Opioid Prevention Campaign is a public health media campaign to help prevent adolescent substance use. The stress and uncertainty that surrounds COVID-19 has resulted in a rise in drug and alcohol use. Take action today to prevent opioid use disorder among teens and adolescents.
Format
Campaign
Toolkit
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Patients
Families
Communities
Schools
States
Source
Addiction Policy Forum
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP)

Starting January 1, 2020, under the Calendar Year (CY) 2020 Physician Fee Schedule final rule the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will pay Opioid Treatment Programs through bundled payments for opioid use disorder treatment services in an episode of care provided to people with Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance).
Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
States
Source
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Organizational Action Plan (PDF - 60.6 KB)

This sheet provides ideas to tackle stigma and develop an Action Plan to reduce stigma in organizations.
Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
March of Dimes
Year
Resource Type
PDF

PAMI Pain Management and Dosing Guide (PDF - 547 KB)

The PAMI Pain Management and Dosing Guide is a free tool for use by health care providers in hospital, EMS, or acute care settings. Content was developed after extensive literature review of pain, sedation, and analgesia medications for acute pain, chronic pain and procedural sedation in all ages. The guide was developed and reviewed by a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, pain specialists, and pharmacists. Dosing ranges should be used as a general guide and adapted to specific patient characteristics such as age and comorbidities. The guide includes oral, nasal, parenteral and topical medications for acute and chronic pain, anxiety, and procedural sedation as well as patient safety, discharge planning and nonpharmacologic management information.

Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville
Year

Polysubstance Use During Pregnancy

The official CDC page on research pertaining to polysubstance use during pregnancy, suggesting ways to help reduce substance exposure during pregnancy and improve the health of women and their children.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Patients
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page