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 Continue reading
Resource Tag: Mothers, Newborns & Infants
MOMS Care Coordination Model
Policymakers and clinicians in Ohio developed the Maternal Opiate Medical Support (MOMS) model of providing prenatal, obstetrical, and postpartum care for pregnant women with opioid use disorder. This guide includes a process to assess readiness to adopt the MOMS model and an Continue reading
State Guidance for the New Limited Exception to the IMD Exclusion for Certain Pregnant and Postpartum Women (SUPPORT Act): Help for Moms and Babies
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 Continue reading
State Guidance for Implementation of the Treatment for Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Residential Pediatric Recovery Centers (SUPPORT Act)
The 2018 SUPPORT Act passed by Congress directed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to create a new provider type in Medicaid of “residential pediatric recovery centers” (RPRCs) which treat infants with neonatal opiate withdrawal/neonatal abstinence syndrome. This letter provides guidance for states wishing to add RPRCs as provider types eligible for reimbursement through Medicaid. Continue reading
The Children and Recovering Mothers (CHARM) Collaborative in Burlington, Vermont: A Case Study
This 2014 case study describes the Children and Recovery Mothers (CHARM) Collaboration which provides a model for integrated and collaborative care for pregnant women with opioid dependence and their babies. The case study focuses on how the CHARM initiative provides support to families at multiple points of intervention and Continue reading
Educational Toolkit: Perinatal Drug Exposure Resources
This toolkit includes informational resources for patients and providers addressing perinatal drug exposure and appropriate treatment of substance-exposed newborns. Guidance is offered for multiple substances including opioids, cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, marijuana, anti-depressants, hallucinogens, and other substances (e.g., special K, kratom). The toolkit includes references and links to relevant resources.
Funding Source: Northern Arizona Healthcare, Arizona Substance Abuse Task Force, Arizona Statewide Task Force on Preventing Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drugs
Healthy Outcomes for Mom and Baby: Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal/Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
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
Journeys of Hope: Mommies and Babies Overcoming Neonatal Withdrawal Syndrome/Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
A 15-minute video of women talking about their experiences of getting help to address their opioid addiction and confront stigma during their pregnancies. Includes information about the importance of seeking treatment and support during pregnancy and in the postpartum period, and how these women worked with their providers to ensure a successful outcome for themselves and their Continue reading
MOMSOhio
This is the website for Ohio’s Maternal Opiate Medical Supports (MOMS) collaborative which is working to improve maternal and baby health outcomes by providing obstetrical care and substance use disorder treatment treatment through a maternity care home model of care. The interactive website Continue reading
Support for Hospital Opioid Use Treatment (SHOUT)
This website includes links to 7 webinars that make up the Support for Hospital Opioid Use Treatment (Project SHOUT) initiative of the California Health Care Foundation. Topics covered in the webinar series include: the case for inpatient opioid agonist therapy; buprenorphine and methadone induction; acute pain and Continue reading