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. Continue reading
Resource Tag: Medicaid
Medicaid Forward: Behavioral Health
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. Continue reading
Pharmacists’ Insights into Their Role in Preventing Opioid Overdose
This 4-page issue brief explores pharmacists’ insights into their role in preventing opioid overdose. Continue reading
Toolkit: State Strategies to Support Substance Use Disorder Treatment in the Primary Care Safety Net
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. Continue reading
Expanding Public Insurance Eligibility Increases Substance Use Treatment Provider Acceptance of Public Insurance and Increases Adolescent Access to Treatment
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. Continue reading
Operationalizing and Funding Youth and Parent Peer Support Roles in Residential Treatment Settings
This 7-page report provides an overview of operationalizing and funding youth and parent peer support services in residential treatment settings. The report defines the continuum of services from involvement to engagement, describes the services provided by youth and parent peer support, and provides an overview of financing and sustainability strategies. Continue reading
Medicaid Funding for Family and Youth Peer Support Programs in the United States
This 2020 overview of state Medicaid coverage of family and youth peer support services, prepared by the Institute for Innovation and Implementation at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, describes the efforts of states who reimburse for these peer support services. Continue reading
Providing Youth and Young Adult Peer Support Through Medicaid
This2016 report explores options for providing youth and young adult peer support through Medicaid from the Center for Health Care Strategy and Youth MOVE National. Continue reading
Medicaid’s Role in Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment in the US
This 5-page overview examines the role Medicaid plays in improving access and quality of substance use disorder treatment (SUD). The report describes 3 roles Medicaid plays in the SUD treatment field: payer and contractor; collaborator, evaluator, and educator; and regulator, monitor and enforcer. Continue reading
Approaches to Treating Serious Infection in People Who Inject Drugs: Evidence and Policies
This review looks at evidence and program models for alternatives to hospitalization to treat serious infections in people who inject drugs. Continue reading