Unhealthy Alcohol Use Tools & Resources

Summarizes statistics on alcohol use, such as number of deaths from excessive alcohol use each year, and policy solutions, such as raising taxes in each state

A comprehensive manual for educators and trainers, practitioners, and students to learn to conduct Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) with adolescents and young adults

Reviews literature on medications for alcohol use disorder, including naltrexone, acamprosate, disulfiram, topiramate, and gabapentin

Provides data and additional resources about the misuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs in the United States, including data from the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)

Provides a list of courses and resources for healthcare providers treating patients with alcohol use disorder

Identifies the barriers and facilitators to the use of clinical decision support systems in primary care through a systematic review of 48 studies

Offers guidance on updated descriptions from CMS of most commonly used reimbursement codes for behavioral health integration services

Provides information about coding for payment and reimbursement of behavioral health integration (BHI) services, including general BHI and collaborative care management

Provides information on the EPSDT benefit for children under age 21 enrolled in Medicaid, including guidelines and strategy guides for State programs

Describes Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) activities, which provide common standards and shared technologies to monitor and analyze the quality of health care provided to patients and patient outcomes. This resource center offers educational resources, tools, and standards for using eCQI