This 2 page guide summarizes effective strategies to increase patient access to medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Strategies for state program administrators, clinicians and health systems, and individuals with OUD are presented.
A collaboration of providers in Ohio developed this shared decision making tool for use by pregnant women and their providers. The tool is not specific to patients with substance use disorders but uses plain language to address multiple pregnancy related issues such as ensuring support for new moms, housing, food and patient safety. Funding Source: Ohio Department of Medicaid
The 2018 SUPPORT Act passed by Congress directed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to create a exception to the institution for mental disease (IMD) exclusion for certain pregnant and postpartum women. The IMD exclusion forbids the expenditure of federal funding on services provided in facilities with
A 2 page summary of the Maine Snuggle Me guideline for treating pregnant women with substance use disorder and their infants. Includes clinician checklists for recommended care during the first, second and third trimesters and postpartum period. Funding Source: Maine Department of Health and Human Services
The 2018 guidelines on caring for pregnant women with substance use disorder (SUD) and their babies from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. The guidelines include clinical algorithms for screening for substance use during pregnancy and caring for
A one and a half hour webinar on best practices in expanding access to buprenorphine in primary care practices from the California Health Care Foundation. Funding Source: California Health Care Foundation
This 2 page clinician guide provides an overview of how to assess and manage women with opioid use during pregnancy and how to provide optimal care to infants with neonatal opiate withdrawal/neonatal abstinence syndrome. Prepared by the Arizona Department of Health Services and the Arizona Statewide Task Force on Preventing Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drugs. Funding Source: Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona Statewide Task Force on Preventing Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drugs
This guide focuses on creating coordinated, multi-system approaches to caring for pregnant women with opioid use disorder and their infants. It focuses on creating coordination between medical providers, addiction treatment and behavioral health providers, social service agencies including
This 2019 report from the Urban Institute analyzed Medicaid State Drug Utilization Data to assess variation in buprenorphine prescriptions across state Medicaid programs between 2011 and 2018.
The National Alliance for Recovery Residences published this guide for operators of recovery housing on how to incorporated medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder into their programs.