Email UpdatesMedicaid Forward: Behavioral Health
Provides a framework for States to help improve the quality of behavioral health to promote better outcomes and quality of life for Medicaid beneficiaries
Making the Case for High-Functioning, Team-Based Care in Community Behavioral Health Settings
Advises community behavioral health care settings on how to implement team-based care, including providing a team-based care model
Key Policy Challenges and Opportunities to Improve Care for People With Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Proceedings of a Workshop
Summarizes discussions from a 2019 workshop of the Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders that examined key policy challenges for caring for people with mental health and substance use disorders
Integration of Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment into Pediatric Primary Care
Summarizes lessons learned over the past six years through the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's Youth Substance Use Prevention and Early Intervention Strategic Initiative about the integration of SBIRT in pediatric primary care
Integrating Behavioral Health Into Primary Care: Best Practices and Learnings
Discusses a patient-centered approach to primary care and behavioral health services integration as well as lessons learned from a project implemented within one healthcare system
Incorporating Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention into Practice
Provides brief overview of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation, screening questions, example workflow, and billing and coding information to help family physicians implement screening and brief intervention
How Has Drinking Behavior Changed During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Presents how alcohol consumption has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, using results from a web-based survey collected in May 2020
Health Care Utilization after Paraprofessional-Administered Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment: A Multi-Level Cost-Offset Analysis
Study of health care utilization after implementation of SBIRT in primary care, which finds that the costs of implementing SBIRT would be offset by reduction in health care utilization
Factors Influencing the Implementation of Screening and Brief Interventions for Alcohol Use in Primary Care Practices: A Systematic Review Using the COM-B System and Theoretical Domains Framework
Systematic review of studies identifying barriers and facilitators that influence implementation of screening and brief intervention for alcohol use in primary care settings
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Harm Reduction Services: An Environmental Scan
Report that offers a literature review and summary of 21 key informant interviews with harm reduction staff from across the United States