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Work-Focused Interventions for Depression: Final Report
Gary R. Bond, Debra Lerner, Robert E. Drake, Cheryl Reidy, and Jacky Choi Westat Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (55 PDF pages)
Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration Program: Impacts on Health Care Utilization, Cost, and Quality
This report describes an extension of the RAND Corporation's evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration (PBHCI) grants program. PBHCI grants are designed to improve the overall wellness and physical health (PH) status of people with serious mental illness (SMI) or co-occurring substance use disorders by supporting…
Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration Program: Impacts on Health Care Utilization, Cost, and Quality
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Identifying Safety-Net Resources at Health Centers to Prevent Infectious Disease Transmission Resulting from the Opioid Epidemic
The impact of the opioid epidemic on infectious disease transmission is an important public health issue. The problem came dramatically to light in 2015 when an outbreak of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections occurred in rural Scott County, Indiana. This qualitative study explores the experiences of community health centers (CHC) in caring for people with opioid use disorder (OUD)…
Best Practices and Barriers to Engaging People with Substance Use Disorders in Treatment
Peggy O'Brien, Erika Crable, Catherine Fullerton, and Lauren Hughey Truven Health Analytics March 2019 Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (201 PDF pages)
Best Practices and Barriers to Engaging People with Substance Use Disorders in Treatment
Substance use disorders (SUDs) represent a serious public health problem in the United States. Recent attention has focused most on opioid use, including heroin use and prescription opioid misuse, with the attendant high rates of opioid-related overdoses. Alcohol use disorders are more common than opioid use disorders and also represent a public health concern. There is, however, evidence-based…
Using Evidence to Drive Decision-Making in Government
This report presents the findings from the Policy Analysis and Decision-Making Capacity project, funded by the Office of Science and Data Policy within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. During Phase 1 of the project, we conducted a review to assess grey and peer-reviewed literature describing whether and how…
Experiences of Medicaid Programs and Health Centers in Implementing Telehealth
Health centers are experimenting with telehealth for a range of conditions, working with different types of remote providers, and confronting different telehealth policies and implementation barriers, depending on their locations and payer mix. This paper explores the experiences of health centers and state Medicaid programs in seven states.
Report to Congress
Report to Congress: Current State of Technology-Enabled Collaborative Learning and Capacity Building Models
This report responds to the December 2016 “Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act,” Public Law 114-270, which requires the Department to report to Congress on a range of issues related to technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models and make recommendations on their use. This report consists of a summary document that includes the Department’s…
Assessing the Impact of Parity in the Large Group Employer-Sponsored Insurance Market: Final Report
Norah Mulvaney-Day, Brent Gibbons, and Shums Alikhan TruvenHealth Analytics, an IBM company February 2019 Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (111 PDF pages)
Assessing the Impact of Parity in the Large Group Employer-Sponsored Insurance Market: Final Report
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ASPE Issue Brief
Expanding Access to Family-Centered Medication-Assisted Treatment Issue Brief
This Issue Brief represents the finding of a white paper prepared by RTI under funding from ASPE. The analysis included a programs scan of policy initiatives in 21 states and individual interviews with academics, federal experts, state officials and individual providers.
State Policy Levers for Expanding Family-Centered Medication-Assisted Treatment
Many women facing opioid addiction are either pregnant or caring for children and face a number of social, structural and economic barrier in accessing treatment. In recent years, clinicians and policymakers have become increasingly interested in supporting substance use treatment approaches that provide comprehensive services to pregnant and parenting women and their family members and…
ASPE Issue Brief
Expanding Access to Family-Centered Medication-Assisted Treatment Issue Brief
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This Issue Brief represents the finding of a white paper prepared by RTI under funding from ASPE. The analysis included a programs scan of policy initiatives in 21 states and individual interviews with academics, federal experts, state officials and individual providers.
State Policy Levers for Expanding Family-Centered Medication-Assisted Treatment
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Housing and Delivery System Reform Collaborations: Issue Brief
This project examined current collaborations between housing providers and health care providers. Recent delivery system reforms have provided new or expanded opportunities at the state, local, and organizational level to forge collaborations between health care and housing providers.
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Housing and Delivery System Reform Collaborations: Issue Brief
Brenda C. Spillman, Joshua Leopold, Eva H. Allen and Pamela Blumenthal Urban Institute Printer Friendly Version in PDF Format (25 PDF pages)
Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Final Report
This project assessed changes in Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) treatment utilization and expenditures in the employer-sponsored private health insurance market at two timepoints, 2006-2007 and 2014-2015, that mark the periods before and after implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), the Affordable Care Act, the introduction and expanded use of new opioid treatment…
Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Out-of-Pocket Costs
This project assessed changes in opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment utilization and expenditures in the employer-sponsored private health insurance market during 2007 and 2014. These years mark periods before and after implementation of major federal legislation enacted to increase insurance coverage and expand access to coverage of behavioral health care, the introduction and expanded use of…
Final Outcome Evaluation of the Balancing Incentive Program
This is the final report of the Balancing Incentive Program evaluation. Five earlier progress reports on the Balancing Incentive Program (BIP) have already been published. The BIP, legislated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, offered states temporary enhanced federal financial participation for Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS). Participation was limited to states that, as of 2009…