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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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Health-Related Social Needs in Medicaid: State Checklist for Screening (PDF - 252 KB)

This tool, developed by the Center for Health Care Strategies, outlines decision points for developing or improving policies related to screening for health-related social needs and provides state examples to illustrate implementation.
Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
States
Communities
Source
Center for Health Care Strategies
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Helping Recovery Take Root Through Integrated Health Care Systems

This blog post highlights the importance of emphasizing recovery within integrated healthcare processes. It calls for improved healthcare information technology and encourages the involvement of people with lived experience.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Communities
Behavioral Health Providers
Patients
Families
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

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

Incarceration and Homelessness: Reentry Considerations for Health Care Providers (PDF - 3.4 MB)

The Issue Brief is designed to help clinicians and other health care providers gain greater insight into the challenging dimensions of access to health care that face formerly incarcerated people during the reentry period, and how healthcare access intersects with homelessness, with attention to the challenges specific to young people involved in juvenile justice systems.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Communities
Policymakers and Payers
Source
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Increasing Recovery Consciousness: Grounding Systems in Recovery (PDF - 1.9 MB)

This publication offers strategies for government agencies to build recovery-rich communities, using lived experience as the frame.

Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
States
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Peer Recovery Center of Excellence
Year
Resource Type
PDF

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

Know Your Rights: Office of Recovery (PDF - 549 KB)

Explains patient rights and the Federal laws that protect people receiving mental health or substance use services. Describes who is protected by these laws and what they cover, including employment, housing, services, and public accommodations.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Families
Patients
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Year

LGBTQIA+ Glossary of Terms for Health Care Teams (PDF - 142 KB)

This resource provides a glossary of terms for healthcare professionals to familiarize themselves with when treating members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Format
Other
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Communities
Source
National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
Year
Resource Type
PDF