Email UpdatesBy 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
Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
Help with the implementation of an SBIRT approach.
Behavioral Health in Rural America: Challenges and Opportunities
Presents challenges and opportunities for improving behavioral health (including alcohol use disorder) in rural communities, with examples of ways to better integrate behavioral health and primary care and examples of policies for addressing behavioral health disorders
An Efficacy Trial of Adaptive Interventions for Alcohol Use Disorder
An adaptive brief intervention for individuals with alcohol use disorder
Alcohol Use Facts & Resources
Provides information about unhealthy alcohol use, and includes the AUDIT-C screening tool, tips for cutting down on alcohol use, and additional resources
Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Girls and Women
Reviews screening instruments, brief interventions, and implementation of SBIRT among girls and women to help inform best practices
Alcohol Screening & Brief Intervention Inhibit Risky Alcohol Use
Encourages medical assistants to take an active role and serve as champions for screening, brief intervention for alcohol use in primary care settings
A Randomized Clinical Trial of the Health Evaluation and Referral Assistant (HERA): Research Methods
Summarizes a randomized clinical trial of the HERA web-based program for facilitating SBIRT for alcohol and other drug use
A Comparison Between Telehealth and Face-to-Face Delivery of a Brief Alcohol Intervention for College Students
Tests the effectiveness of well-validated Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students when conducted face-to-face or through a videoconferencing system
"I Felt I Was Reaching a Point With My Health": Understanding Reasons for Engagement and Acceptability of Treatment Services for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care
A qualitative study that examines primary care patients' reasons for engagement with, experience with, and acceptability of a primary care practice-based program for treating unhealthy alcohol use
Advisory: Comprehensive Case Management for Substance Use Disorder Treatment
This Advisory is based on TIP 27, Comprehensive Case Management for Substance Abuse Treatment. It surveys the underlying principles and models of case management, discusses reasons substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers might consider implementing or expanding the use of case management, and lists some case management-related resources and tools.