Payers and providers play an important role in addressing the opioid crisis in our communities. This page highlights the most recently added resources specifically targeting healthcare providers, healthcare system employees, and individuals who manage private and public insurance plans. These resources, identified with blue tiles, include patient and provider education materials, clinical practice guidelines and practice protocols, and research and reports about insurance coverage and benefit design around addiction treatment and pain management.
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A principle of Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) is that they are locally designed and build upon community networks and strengths. This 2014 ROSC implementation plan from Hancock County, Ohio describes the assessed strengths and needs of the community and lists priority goals
The blueprint for Ohio’s 5-year plan to transform the state’s mental health and addiction treatment system to a Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) model. The report includes descriptions of the ROSC model and action steps for county agencies to implement ROSC in their communities.
Community leaders in Hancock County, Ohio, were convened by the county alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services agency to agree on a common philosophy regarding treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) including the use of medication to treat OUD. The shared philosophy
Connecticut was one of the first states to adopt a Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) model for addiction treatment and is commonly cited as a model for other states to follow. This document provides guidelines for addiction treatment providers to adopt ROSC principles in their
This 2009 report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration includes a working definition of recovery, 12 guiding principles of recovery, and 17 elements of Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC). The report also reviews the research to date on recovery that supports the ROSC principles.
A 2009 guide to improving the science of and research on recovery from addiction from the Northeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center. The guide poses questions for researchers to answer and describes a research framework for recovery research with high scientific standards.
This 2016 reference guide identifies and explains the laws in Ohio that oversee the operational duties and responsibilities of community alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health boards. The guide was prepared by the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities to assist boardsas they transition to Ohio’s Recovery Oriented Systems of Care model for treatment.
This 2016 comprehensive report includes detailed information on the prevalence of substance use and misuse in America, an overview of the science of addiction, information about the continuum of care from prevention through treatment to recovery, and a discussion of how health systems are changing to meet the growing need for addiction services.
This 2018 “Spotlight on Opioids” report from the US Surgeon General includes information about the prevalence of opioid use disorder in America, discusses the neurobiology of opioid addiction, describes the continuum of care for treatment and recovery, and provides a list of key federal resources.
This is the comprehensive opioid use disorder legislation passed by the 115th Congress and signed into law by the president in 2018. The bill is known as the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act, or the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act.