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Unhealthy Alcohol Use Tools & Resources

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A collection of tools and resources for managing unhealthy alcohol use in primary care, intended for use by providers, organizational leadership, other team members, and patients.

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By Itself, Reimbursement Doesn't Expand SBIRT

Discusses some of the challenges with billing and coding for SBIRT and lessons learned from Oregon adding SBIRT as a performance metric
Format
Web Page
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Policymakers and Payers
Organizational Leadership
Source
Institute for Research, Education & Training in Addictions (IRETA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Development and Use of a Clinical Decision Support Tool for Behavioral Health Screening in Primary Care Clinics

Study that focuses on design, implementation, and evaluation of clinical decision support (CDS) tools using an EHR system to address depression, alcohol use, and prescription misuse; results highlight that CDS tools allow primary care providers focus more on patient treatment plans and promote use of other clinical staff

Format
Journal Article
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Organizational Leadership
Other Team Members
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
Burdick TE, Kessler RS
Year
Resource Type
Article

Evaluation of a Pilot Implementation to Integrate Alcohol-Related Care within Primary Care

Describes findings from an evaluation of a pilot implementation of a program to address unhealthy alcohol use in primary care, demonstrating the importance of active practice facilitation
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Organizational Leadership
Source
Bobb JF, et al.
Year
Resource Type
External Link

FastStats Alcohol Use

Includes basic statistics on U.S. alcohol use, including prevalence and mortality as well as links to additional data resources
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Graduate Education
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Integrating Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Primary Care (PDF - 836 KB)

Describes the role of primary care in the management of substance use disorders in addition to State policy considerations when integrating SBIRT into primary care settings

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Organizational Leadership
Policymakers and Payers
Source
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Medicaid Policies for Alcohol SBI Reimbursement (PDF - 752.5 KB)

Reviews and examines existing State Medicaid reimbursement for alcohol SBI policies, highlighting similarities and differences between States on reimbursement, approved providers, billing codes, and approved screening tools
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Organizational Leadership
Other Team Members
Source
University of Alaska
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Approved and Pending Section 1115 Waivers by State

A page that tracks approved and pending Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers, which offer states an avenue to test new approaches in Medicaid that differ from what is required by federal statute

Format
Web Page
Audience
Organizational Leadership
Other Team Members
Source
Medicaid
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Medications Development Program

Webpage that includes information about MAT for alcohol use disorders and describes the 3 FDA-approved drugs for treatment of alcohol use disorder; also includes links to other information and resources for MAT

Format
Web Page
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Organizational Leadership
Other Team Members
Source
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Year
Resource Type
Web Page