Medical Providers

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is responding to the opioid epidemic by promoting safe and responsible pain management, making sure patients can access treatment for opioid use disorder, and using data to target prevention and treatment.

SAMHSA recognizes the challenges posed by the current COVID-19 situation and is providing the following guidance on the provision of methadone and buprenorphine for the treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in the COVID-19 emergency for Opioid Treatment Programs.

The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, commissioned a rapid evidence review on the effectiveness of interventions to promote a broader understanding of the published literature on medication-assisted treatment retention among adults with opioid use disorder.

Not sure where to start in implementing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for adolescents within your primary care setting? These on-demand modules breaks out the clinical components of the SBIRT process and introduce the Improving Adolescent Health: Facilitating Change for Excellence in SBIRT change package.

This statement provides an overview of the effect of the opioid crisis on the mother-infant dyad and provide recommendations for management of the infant with opioid exposure, including clinical presentation, assessment, treatment, and discharge.

Assists clinicians and administrators in implementing behavioral healthcare using telehealth by offering key considerations and examples of using telehealth for behavioral health

Offers guidance on video conferencing with patients when providing substance use services, including a clinical support session checklist, a review of legal, ethical, and patient/peer safety concerns, and privacy/security and confidentiality issues

Outlines steps and best practices when implementing telehealth strategies to promote adoption of new technology by healthcare organizations

Provides an introduction to implementing telehealth services in primary care during COVID-19, including the prerequisites, policies, procedures, and practice

Provides assistance, education, and information to organizations and individuals who are actively providing or interested in providing healthcare at a distance through events, resources, webinars, techncial assistance, and an interactive map used to find the affiliated regional telehealth resource center