In 2017 the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers began a pilot in partnership with local addiction treatment providers and UnitedHealthCare to see if removing prior authorization requirements for buprenorphine would reduce barriers to treatment and improve patient and system outcomes.
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Acupuncture for Chronic Pain in the Vermont Medicaid Population: A Prospective, Pragmatic Intervention Trial
Source: Robert T Davis, et. al.
This is a 2018 journal report of a pilot project to provide acupuncture for some Vermont Medicaid patients with chronic pain diagnoses.
Policy Evaluation: Substance Use Disorders
Source: Oregon Health Authority
This 2019 review from Oregon’s Drug Use Research & Management Program examined whether removing Medicaid prior authorization requirements for medication assisted treatment for individuals with opioid use
Acupuncture for Chronic Pain in the Vermont Medicaid Population: A Prospective, Pragmatic Intervention Trial
Source: Robert T. Davis, et. al.
This is a 2018 journal report of a pilot project to provide acupuncture for some Vermont Medicaid patients with chronic pain diagnoses.
Medicaid Acupuncture Pilot Project Outcomes Report
Source: State of Vermont - Department of Vermont Health Access
This 2017 report to the Vermont legislature summarizes the findings of a pilot study of providing acupuncture to Medicaid patients with chronic pain.
Medicaid Delivery System Reforms to Combat the Opioid Crisis
Source: Academy Health and the Milbank Memorial Fund
This report provides an overview of Medicaid delivery system reform efforts aimed at addressing the opioid crisis. The report describe 2 models of delivery system reforms: adoption of the Medicaid health home model for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and innovations that improve warm handoffs and care transitions from different levels of substance use disorder treatment.
Medicaid Forward: Behavioral Health
Source: National Association of Medicaid Directors
This resource captures the work of an executive working group of Medicaid leaders and national behavioral health experts convened by the National Association of Medicaid Directors to develop strategies to expand access to behavioral health services in Medicaid and CHIP.
Pharmacists’ Insights into Their Role in Preventing Opioid Overdose
Source: Camden Coalition of Health Care Providers
This 4-page issue brief explores pharmacists’ insights into their role in preventing opioid overdose.
Toolkit: State Strategies to Support Substance Use Disorder Treatment in the Primary Care Safety Net
Source: National Academy for State Health Policy
This report on state strategies to support substance use disorder (SUD) treatment in Federally Qualified Health Centers(FQHCs) describes policy innovations and lessons learned from FQHCs in 5 states: Alabama, Illinois, South Dakota, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Expanding Public Insurance Eligibility Increases Substance Use Treatment Provider Acceptance of Public Insurance and Increases Adolescent Access to Treatment
Source: Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion at Syracuse University & Center for Aging and Policy Studies
This summary provides an overview of a research study that looked at how expanding public insurance eligibility led to increases in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment provider acceptance of public insurance and increases in adolescent access to SUD treatment services.