Email UpdatesSBIRT Coding and Reimbursement Guide Updates
Describes the updates made in 2019 to the SBIRT Coding & Reimbursement Guide
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Reducing Alcohol and Opioid Use Among Youth in Rural Counties: An Innovative Training Protocol for Primary Health Care Providers and School Personnel
The aim of this study was to train primary care providers and school nurses within a rural 10-county catchment area in Pennsylvania to use SBIRT and facilitate collaboration with community organizations to better coordinate substance use prevention efforts
Psychometric Properties of the Person-Centered Version of the Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Perceptions Questionnaire (PC-AAPPQ)
Evaluates a new AAPPQ that uses person-centered language and addresses the spectrum of alcohol use, concluding that the 30-item instrument is a promising tool for assessing providers' attitudes toward unhealthy alcohol use without promoting negative biases
Practice Facilitator Resources for Unhealthy Alcohol Use
Offers interactive modules for practice facilitators with comprehensive and practical information about unhealthy alcohol use that can be applied to primary care practices
Practice Facilitation to Promote Evidence-Based Screening and Management of Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care: A Practice-Level Randomized Controlled Trial
Describes randomized controlled trial that uses practice facilitation for implementing screening, counseling, and treatment for unhealthy alcohol use, proposing that practice facilitation can make changes related to managing unhealthy alcohol use within a practice
Potential Cost Savings Associated with Providing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Substance Use Disorder in Emergency Departments
Report concludes that offering SBIRT in emergency department settings produces overall cost savings
Measures of Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Quality of Telemedicine in the Management of Alcohol Abuse, Addiction, and Rehabilitation: Systematic Review
Systematic review to evaluate the measures of effectiveness, efficiency, and quality that result from the utilization of telemedicine in the management of alcohol abuse, addiction, and rehabilitation
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
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