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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This 2012 document from the National Association of Recovery Residences (now known as National Alliance of Recovery Residences) is a primer on recovery residences answering 39 frequently asked questions on such topics as what are recovery residences and how are they regulated and governed? What do people
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service’s web-page on recovery which provides basic information and emphasizes the need to incorporate cultural competence and actively work to reduce health disparities when providing recovery support services.
In 2016, the U.S. Surgeon General’s report on addiction in American included this chapter with detailed information about recovery. The chapter discusses what recovery as a concept means and reviews the published research on mutual aid groups and recovery support services.
More substance use disorder treatment providers are adopting the principles of a recovery-oriented, systems of care approach to treatment. This one page document describes the elements of a recovery-oriented system of care framework.
This one page document provides a detailed definition of recovery including 12 guiding principles of recovery.
This report defines what a peer support specialist is and describes the many different roles they can play in the substance use disorder and recovery process. Research has shown that recovery is facilitated by social support, and peer support specialists, who have personal lived experience of addiction, are uniquely qualified to provide that support.
This brief guide from SAMHSA provides guidance for providers on how to assist patients in recovery from substance use disorder with sleep problems. It includes guidance on assessing sleep disorders and recommendations for treatments and improving sleep hygiene.
This Treatment Improvement Protocol from SAMHSA focuses on the needs of men receiving treatment for substance use disorders and provides guidance to providers on how gender-specific strategies may improve treatment outcomes.
Most substance use disorder treatment is provided in settings serving both women and men even though there may be gender differences in how they handle treatment and in the goals they prioritize for their recovery. This guide presents expert advice on how to support women, including transgender women and
This 2013 report includes an analysis of 67 journal articles on the concept of resiliency and its relationship to substance use disorders and behavioral health conditions. A brief summary of all 67 articles is also included.