This report provides financing strategies and workforce development strategies for state policy makers interested in expanding access to treatment for opioid use disorder, particularly medication assisted treatment.
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Patients & Caregivers
Medication-Assisted Treatment: An eBook for Parents & Caregivers of Teens & Young Adults Addicted to Opioids
Source: Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
This publication from Partnership for Drug-Free Kids provides information about medication assisted treatment (MAT) for parents and caregivers of teens and young adults with opioid use disorder.
Patients & Caregivers
Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT)
Source: College of Psychiatric and Neuerologic Pharmacists
This patient education guide prepared by the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists explains medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. Funding Source: College of Psychiatric and Neuerologic Pharmacists
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
Source: National Judicial Opioid Task Force
This report from the National Judicial Opioid Task Force provides information about medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) . It includes a description of MAT medications and legal considerations about MAT.
Payers & Providers
Medication-Assisted Treatment Models of Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Settings
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
A 2016 report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, this report describes 12 models of care for providing medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder in primary care settings.
Policymakers & Community Leaders
Medication-Assisted Treatment in Drug Courts: Recommended Strategies
Source: Legal Action Center
This publication presents strategies for incorporating medication assisted treatment (MAT) into treatment courts.
Payers & Providers
Patients & Caregivers
Implementing Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Primary Care: Environmental Scan – Volume 2, Tools and Resources
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has compiled this guide to tools and resources available to help create or expand medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD), particularly in rural areas. The tools are grouped into four categories: tools for prevention of OUD, tools to assist in training or educating individuals about MAT, tools for implementing MAT programs in office-based settings, and tools for preventing or responding to opioid overdose.
Payers & Providers
Strategies to Increase MAT Prescribing
Source: Association for Community Affiliated Plans
The Association for Community Affiliated Plans, which represents insurers that work with low income and vulnerable individuals, prepared this report on strategies health plans can adopt to increase the number of primary care providers willing to prescribe medications to treat opioid use disorder.