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
Resource Tag: Medication Assisted Treatment
Medication assisted treatment
Methandone
Buprenorphine
Naltrexone
Vivitrol
Opioid treatment program (OTP)
Office based opioid treatment (OBOT)
Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) waiver
California Bridge Program
The California Bridge Program works with hospitals and emergency departments in California to create programs to induct patients with opioid use disorder onto medication assisted treatment in the acute care setting and facilitate access to substance use disorder treatment by using treatment navigators. Their goal is to change the standard of care for treating Continue reading
State Strategies for Expanding Access to Opioid Use Disorder Medications
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. Continue reading
Medication-Assisted Treatment Options for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
This 2 page information guide explains the medication assisted treatment (MAT) options for treating opioid use disorder. Intended for patients and their caregivers, it includes information on MAT options, how they work, how to access the medications,, and additional information for patients to consider when selecting a MAT option with their health care provider.
Funding Source: Consumer and Prescriber Education Grant Program, National Association of Attorney Generals
Update on Medications Used to Manage Opioid Use Disorder and Opioid Withdrawal
This 2019 update on medications to treat opioid use disorder and opioid withdrawal provides information about extended release formulations of buprenorphine, reviews evidence for the effectiveness of lofexidene to treat withdrawal symptoms, and also includes a table with comparative costs of opioid use disorder pharmacological therapies. Continue reading
How to Pay for It – MAT in Community Health Centers
A guide to strategies for paying for medication assisted treatment (MAT) for patients with opioid use disorder in community health centers. Part of the “how to pay for it” series from the California Health Care Foundation as part of the California Bridge program, this report describes strategies for how community health centers can receive reimbursement for Continue reading
MAT for Opioid Use Disorder – Overcoming Objections
This 2019 report provides evidence based responses to common objections to using medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder. Continue reading
Buprenorphine – Everything You Need to Know
This clinician’s guide from the California Health Care Foundation aims to provide primary care providers with “everything they need to know” about buprenorphine. It includes background information on buprenorphine’s effectiveness as a treatment for opioid use disorder and the Drug Addiction Treatment Act Continue reading
Why Health Plans Should Go to the MAT in the Fight Against Opioid Addiction
This 2017 publication from the California Health Care Foundation makes the case that commercial and public health plans should make access to medication assisted treatment (MAT) a priority for patients with opioid use disorder. The report explains why MAT is so important, defines the access barriers to MAT, and provides strategies for health plans to implement in making MAT available for their patients.
Funding Source: California Health Care Foundation
How to Pay for It – MAT in the Emergency Department
A guide to strategies for paying for medication assisted treatment (MAT) for patients with opioid use disorder seen in the emergency department. Part of the “how to pay for it” series from the California Health Care Foundation as part of the California Bridge program, this report describes strategies for how hospitals can receive reimbursement for MAT services provided in the emergency department. Continue reading