This brief video explains the process of enhanced referral to improve patient engagement and completion of the referral and improve provider relationships with referrals. Presented by Dr. Lori Raney, Principal, Health Management Associates.
This is a short reference guide to developing a structure to enhance the referral experience for providers and service recipients. It covers setting standards for partnership starting with your value proposition. It outlines the continuum of provider relationships from informal agreements through forming a business entity and finally provides initial guidance and further resources for establishing care compacts.
This document represents a collaboration between the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) to create a consolidated update of the previous APA and ATA official documents and resources in telemental health to provide a...
There is a need for an organizing model that assists practices and policy-makers to prioritize the steps of integration implementation and the need for both technical assistance and funding for key program elements. In order to advance evidence-based integration of general health care in BH settings, clinics have become intensely interested in the underlying steps they can take to implement and advance specific general health practices.
Based on a targeted literature review and input from diverse stakeholders, the framework presented in this report seeks to provide BH clinics and other organizing entities, such as New York State's (NYS) Behavioral Health Care Collaboratives (BHCC) and Behavioral Health Independent Practice
Associations (IPA), with practical guidance using a continuum-based road map approach on the intentional and incremental steps to achieve and advance key subdomains of integrated care for community BH clinics.
What is less clear has been how to accomplish that at scale, given the varying types of primary care practices and, in particular, the resource limitations of small and medium-size practices and the complexity of the models that are currently the evidence-based standards for integrating medical and behavioral care. This framework seeks to fill that gap by delineating a series of steps that providers can take to move toward the integration of behavioral health services into their primary care practices.
The toolkit contains a variety of information and resources including a step by step guide about:
education about tobacco use
skills for engaging people in tobacco cessation discussions
efficient methods for assessing readiness to quit
information and research on treatments
The research presented by these three groups seeks to prioritize desired treatment outcomes as defined by diverse people with lived experience. From this information, the researchers crafted recommendations that could help policymakers, providers and researchers develop, implement, reimburse and evaluate more engaging and perhaps effective substance use services.
The goal of the ICTA program is to improve care and Medicaid beneficiary outcomes within three practice transformation core competencies:
Delivering person-centered care across the care continuum
Using population health analytics to address complex medical, behavioral health, and social needs; and
Engaging leadership to support value-based care.
This document provides more detail, including sub-elements for each core competency.
People with substance use disorders are at particular risk for overdoses and developing one or more primary conditions or chronic diseases. During this webinar, presenters will discuss harm reduction as a public health approach that aims to reduce harms related to substance use. Presenters will discuss strategies, policies, programs, and practices that aim to minimize negative health, social and legal impacts associated with drug use, drug policies, and drug laws.
This document contains information about assessing the need for treatment; initiating MAT; monitoring patient progress and adjusting treatment plan; deciding whether and when to end MAT.
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is a 10-item screening tool developed by the WHO to assess alcohol consumption, drinking behaviors, and alcohol-related problems.
Screening and brief intervention provides an opportunity for clinicians to intervene early and potentially enhance medical care by increasing awareness of the likely impact of substance use on a patient’s overall health.
This document consists of common questions and concerns about Medication Assisted Treatment for Ambivalent patients. This document can be used as a starting point to have conversations with your patients. In the end, the patient will be able to make an informed decision that’s in line with their values and hopes for recovery.
This question and answer document answers common questions and concerns that family members have about Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT). The purpose of this document is to assist providers in educating family members.
Patients can use this Early Recovery Handout to determine behaviors when cravings or urges arise or behaviors have changed. The document provides strategy to mitigate any behavioral outliers while keeping the patient on track from day to day.
This article reviews research findings in the following 7 areas: location of buprenorphine induction, combining buprenorphine with a benzodiazepine, relapse during buprenorphine treatment, requirements for counseling, uses of drug testing, use of other substances during buprenorphine treatment, and duration of buprenorphine treatment.
The Medication-Assisted Treatment Of Opioid Use Disorder pocket guide to provide guidance on how to assess the need for treatment, referring to higher levels of care if necessary and the approved frequency and route of administration for treatment of Opioid Use Disorder. In addition, a tool has been provided to determine clinical opiate withdrawal.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provides guidance for substance use disorder treatment services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The document specifies when a medical emergency exists, 42 C.F.R Part 2 does not apply and any disclosure of medical information is temporarily exempt for purposes of medical treatment.
The frequently asked questions document discusses how providers can provide Opioid Treatment to existing and new patients, and dispense medications via Telehealth while still meeting the 42 C.F.R. 8.11 requirements.
The frequently asked question document makes recommendations on how to care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mental Health Rehabilitation Centers and Psychiatric Health facilities. The recommendations suggest how to provide Telehealth services, and how to provide medical care for positive COVID-19 patients.
This document is a resource for behavioral health facilities to better understand how to treat patients and refer patients for medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the webinar, the presenter will focus on ways to address health equity issues and key considerations for providing linguistically effective services. The presenter will discuss best practices and models to support patients in these challenging times.
Understanding the brain chemistry associated with opioid use disorder treatment is essential: Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT) restores depleted dopamine in the brain so people impacted by OUD can regain functioning. Recognizing this, therapy and support services for OUD are most effective when provided in accordance with a person's healing process and readiness to engage in treatment.
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has established specific criteria for patient assessments and level of care determinations pertaining to substance use disorder (SUD) – providing the underpinnings for effective treatment and recovery from addiction. This webinar will provide attendees with practical tools and tips for implementation of Screening Brief Intervention and Treatment (SBIRT) including assessments, workflows, and reimbursement.
This webinar will describe how stigma impacts perceptions and resultant SUD care for patients and providers alike. Presenters will also share key concepts and case studies to illustrate ways to address stigma and tools that can be incorporated into their clinical practice.
This webinar will focus on the benefits and outcomes of behavioral health integration and key implementation considerations. The presenters will discuss outcomes that include improving population health, patient experience and reduced costs. The webinar will also feature key integration tips such as building internal support, warm handoffs, establishing workflows among other topics.
This webinar will focus on the foundational concepts of health care integration – including physical and behavioral health – will be reviewed and discussed. The presenters will also focus on integrating substance use disorders and reverse integration.
This module offers a 25-minute video of the neuroscience of addiction as a chronic brain disease presented by HMA’s Corey Waller, MD, MS, FACEP, DFASAM, with emphasis on Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).
"This lecture was developed for audiences of all backgrounds to absorb. From patients to nonspecialist docs. The intent was to move people past the preconceived notion that addiction is a moral failing or choice, to the reality that it is a chronic brain disease that creates maladaptive connections in large swaths of the brain. Over the hundreds of lectures, I have given in my career, I have come to realize that running through 30+ articles in a 70 slide PPT does not move people emotionally. But a good story will. The lecture has coalesced into a story form that is much more compelling than digging through the dense science of voxel dysmorphology, BOLD fMRI technology, and all of the structures postulated to drive craving. If I need a custody officer to "get it" or an administrator to understand the concept, I cannot give them the same lecture I would give a psychiatrist, addiction psychologist, addiction doc, or a neurologist."
"The systemic approach to providing person-centered care for a defined population that coordinates physical and behavioral healthcare through a team of primary care and behavioral health practitioners, working with the individuals served, families, and other natural and informal supports.
Integrated care models ensure that mental health, substance use disorder, primary care, and specialty services are coordinated and delivered in a manner that is most effective to care for individuals with multiple health care needs and produces the best outcomes."
Deeper dive on the operational practicalities of delivering MAT and other SUD treatment to clients through telehealth and other remote means; risk and management of relapse and overdose; current expectations regarding privacy rules, documentation, and new regulations from the DEA.
The webinar presents policy and reimbursement implications for changes regarding Medicare and Medicaid and the impacts on key provider decisions concerning selecting, implementing, and building a business case for new telehealth services to support patients in these challenging times.
This webinar focused on the appropriate screening and assessments for substance use disorders, including the difference between screening and assessment, brief interventions for substance-related issues, and medications for opioid use disorder.
An interactive exploration of the foundations of leadership and emotional intelligence, the importance of developing trust among team members, and strategies to channel conflict into a productive and necessary force for innovation.
An overview of health literacy, its impact on health outcomes, challenges facing patients, and health literacy resources and tips for communicating with patients.
This webinar includes a refresher on motivational Interviewing, presented tools to strengthen patient engagement and strategies for enhancing and maintaining clinician capacity to work with consistency, presence, and joy in the work.
This webinar presented the Stepped Care Approach, including validated screening tools, strategies and resources for patients with mild, moderate or urgent behavioral health care needs.
This webinar focused on the importance and potential impact of using ADT alerts to manage transitions of care, including an interview with Providence and a system demo from the Medical Home Network in Chicago, IL.
