Policymakers and Payers

Provides facts about the benefits of using PDMPs for prescribers, pharmacists, patients, and regulatory and law enforcement agencies.

Provides information about prevention, treatment, and recovery services and levels of care on the continuum of SUD care. Includes an overview of nationally developed guidelines for SUD treatment and useful tools and examples of State-based initiatives.

Provides guidelines related to opioid dependence that aim to: reduce global barriers to effective treatment; contribute to the development of evidence-based, ethical treatment policies; contribute to improvement of the quality of pharmacological treatment; and facilitate implementation of effective treatment policies and programs.

Provides policymakers and other stakeholders with an overview of how substance use and trauma affect children, adolescents, and families; substance use-related impaired caregiving; and how the opioid crisis affects children and families. Offers recommendations for clinical interventions and training, as well as prevention efforts.

Includes Federal resources for rural communities organized in 26 overarching categories to help address substance use disorder and opioid misuse

Identifies four key goal areas that address the epidemic in a comprehensive, multifaceted approach to support the plan’s 2022 vision of "A safe and healthy Idaho, free of opioid misuse and untreated opioid use disorders."

Explores effective interagency policy and initiative strategies that officials in Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Texas have used to treat and support pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorder

Presents promising practices, guidelines, and resources for people working in jail-based MAT.

Discusses the alternative payment model designed to improve outcomes and reduce spending for opioid addiction by overcoming the barriers in the current payment system for successful outpatient care.

Provides background on payable chronic care management service codes, identifies eligible practitioners and patients, and details the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule billing requirements.