Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches

Describes the updates made in 2019 to the SBIRT Coding & Reimbursement Guide

A pilot, non-inferiority study designed to see if Remote Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment is just as successful at lowering drinking as SBIRT, while increasing the number of patients seen, decreasing costs, and maintaining efficacy of the intervention

Toolkit that provides guidance, tips, and examples to help support future efforts to engage practices in quality improvement initiatives

Highlights the benefits and goals of SBIRT, including its cost-effectiveness, in a one-page summary

Presents types of virtual practice facilitation, techniques for implementing practice facilitation activities virtually, and examples of virtual practice facilitation sessions

Describes the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Clinical Quality Measure for SBIRT

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

Offers interactive modules for practice facilitators with comprehensive and practical information about unhealthy alcohol use that can be applied to primary care practices

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

Reviews literature on the role of practice facilitators in settings aiming to deliver integrated behavioral health and primary care,