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Addresses concerns about prescription drug abuse and maternal-fetal exposure to opioids.

Includes resources for hospitals and health systems to share with clinicians and patients and to enhance partnerships within their communities.

Addresses NAS, including maternal risk factors during pregnancy, social risk factors, assessment, and treatment.

Provides tips and advice about commonly used CPT codes for buprenorphine treatment; how to set up a cash-only buprenorphine treatment program; Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance coverage for buprenorphine treatment; and cost of buprenorphine treatment to patients.

Distills key concepts and evidence-based strategies into short, easy-to-read sections; offers interactive activities to help understand how these concepts relate to a community's work in substance abuse prevention; and provides tips, exercises, and worksheets to apply the concepts within a community.

Provides a list of free materials, resources, services, and funding streams available to Arizona organizations working on substance use prevention, intervention, and treatment.

Provides clinical tips and advice about basic induction and dosing, complications of induction, transfer of patients from methadone to buprenorphine, maintenance dosage, tapering/discontinuation, and medically supervised withdrawal (detoxification).

Helps patients fight for their right to MAT for opioid addiction. Provides tools and resources for individuals who are being told by courts, probation and parole officers, and child welfare officials to stop MAT against their doctor’s recommendation.

Provides lessons learned from organizations with established MAT programs, including making the business case for MAT, securing buy-in from staff, overcoming community resistance, paying for MAT, finding prescribers, obtaining licenses and credentials, screening and assessing patients, combining medication and therapy, and sustaining a MAT program.

Advises how providers obtain a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine; establish relationships with mental health professionals, laboratories, and pharmacies; and locate experienced buprenorphine prescribers for consultation. Describes staff responsibilities during induction and guidelines for prescriptions and medication refills.