Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder - California Health Care Foundation

Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction combines medication with behavioral health services. It has been shown to not only save lives but also increase recovery rates. Still, today only 1 in 10 of those who need this treatment can access it. CHCF is working to increase the availability of MAT across the health care system. Here are some of our recent MAT resources.

Opioid-Dependent Newborns Get New Treatment: Mom Instead of Morphine

Medi-Cal, Behavioral Health

Newborn care experts in Humboldt County are changing the way they treat babies born with opioid dependence. The babies spend less time in the hospital and receive less medication.

MAT for Opioid Use Disorder: Overcoming Objections

Donna Strugar-Fritsch

Despite data showing the success of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in treating drug addiction, objections are still common. This issue brief includes frequent objections and evidence-based responses.

How to Pay for It: MAT in Community Health Centers

Sandra Newman, Tammy Fisher

Behavioral Health, Payment & Financing

Medication-assisted treatment is effective, but can be costly. This paper outlines five strategies that community health centers can use to fund their MAT programs.

Recovery Within Reach: Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Addiction Comes to Primary Care

Barbara Masters, Mary Rainwater

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction can speed recovery and save lives. What does it take for clinics to incorporate MAT programs into primary care settings?

October 1, 2018

Addressing Opioid Exposure in Pregnancy — Best Practices for Women and Newborns

Maternal Health

October 1, 2018

This one-day conference reviewed an evidence-based compassionate approach to treatment for women with opioid use disorder and their newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome.

Why Health Plans Should Go to the ‘MAT’ in the Fight Against Opioid Addiction

Julia Elitzer, Margaret Tatar

Coverage Trends

The opioid epidemic demands urgent attention. Health plans can play a role in preventing overdose deaths by improving access to medication-assisted treatment.

How to Pay for It: MAT in the Emergency Department

Payment & Financing

The emergency department is an ideal setting to begin medication-assisted treatment. This paper provides answers to frequently asked questions about MAT, focusing on funding and payment options.

Support for Hospital Opioid Use Treatment (Project SHOUT)

Behavioral Health

Hospitalizations for people with opioid use disorder represent an ideal time to start treatment. Project SHOUT helps hospitals start buprenorphine and methadone services, with coaching from UCSF specialists.

Medication-Assisted Treatment in Correctional Settings

People with opioid addiction are at increased risk of overdose death immediately after release from jail or prison. To reduce this risk, California jails are starting to bring effective treatment — including medication-assisted treatment — into jail settings.

Emergency Care for the Opioid Epidemic: Hospitals Step Up to Offer Buprenorphine in the ED

Emergency department administration of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder doubles retention in treatment. CHCF is helping eight hospitals learn to treat addiction in the ED.

Remedy for the Rural Opioid Epidemic: Leaders Discuss Medication-Assisted Addiction Treatment in Primary Care

Experts from across California talked about how to make medication-assisted treatment of opioid addiction more readily available in rural areas, where the need is great.

Webinar — Treating Maternal Opioid Addiction with Buprenorphine

Maternal Health

Pregnant women with opioid addiction can be treated effectively in an outpatient setting — even in rural areas without opioid treatment programs.

Rural Pregnant Women with Opioid Addiction Find a Doctor, Not a Judge

Maternal Health

Candy Stockton, MD, saw the chance to make a big difference in her rural Northern California community: treating pregnant women with opioid addiction to help two generations at once.

Webinar Series: Implementing Medication-Assisted Treatment in Primary Care

Behavioral Health

Many patients with addiction can be successfully treated in a primary care setting. This webinar series teaches primary care clinicians how to implement medication-assisted treatment in their practices.

Using Telehealth to Provide Medication-Assisted Treatment in Medi-Cal

Center for Connected Health Policy

Telehealth is a promising way to provide access to medication-assisted treatment. This report provides recommendations on making it more widely available in Medi-Cal.

Overcoming Data-Sharing Challenges in the Opioid Epidemic

Robert Belfort, Alex Dworkowitz

Behavioral Health

Federal confidentiality rules, such as the "Part 2" rules, can be a stumbling block for primary care practices seeking to integrate substance use disorder treatment. This paper summarizes the rules and outlines steps that practices can take to coordinate care and stay within the law.

External Resource

Surgical Patients Who Take Buprenorphine Should Stay on Through the Perioperative Period

Training Primary Care Providers to Treat Addiction

Increased access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is key to halting the opioid epidemic. This program provided technical assistance to 25 California clinics to build MAT into their practices.

What Works in Opioid Safety: Videos Featuring Experts from the Field

Watch this video series to hear how providers, community members, national experts, parents, and members of the faith community are tackling California's opioid epidemic.

Groups

Investing in Innovation

Groups is a mission-driven medical practice that offers affordable treatment to people with opioid use disorder who live in rural communities.

Collaborative Courts and Medication-Assisted Treatment in California

David Panush, Tara Siegel

Behavioral Health

This report reviews use of medication-assisted treatment as an option in many types of collaborative courts, including drug courts and mental health courts.