Let’s say you’re a counselor in an opioid treatment program (OTP), and your methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) program suddenly launches an open-access initiative. Within days eligible patients are enrolled—whether they can pay or not—and allowed access, whenever they want, to their choice of counseling and medical and vocational services. Good idea? Bad idea? What … [Read more...] about Study Report: Implementing Open Access in OTPs; A Good Idea? Counselors Share Their Thoughts and Experiences
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Update on Washington and OTPs for end of 2020
End of year activities in Washington, D.C. are full of important messages for opioid treatment programs (OTPs). Among the things to watch, as we head into 2021: 42 CFR Part 2: for methadone patients, confidentiality has been key, and OTPs have the challenge of balancing regulations, which have recently been relaxed, with liability should a patient be adversely affected by … [Read more...] about Update on Washington and OTPs for end of 2020
Proposed bills would infuse opioid use disorder treatment with new funds
Two bills passed by Congress and heading to the Senate would be very helpful to opioid treatment programs (OTPs) and other treatment providers, and their patients. SOR reauthorization The State Opioid Response (SOR) grant program, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is up for continuation thanks to a bill passed November … [Read more...] about Proposed bills would infuse opioid use disorder treatment with new funds
To Mallinckrodt: Thank you from AT Forum
We all want to thank Mallinckrodt for almost 30 years of support. This wonderful company provided support from the beginning of the newsletter, which first came out in 1992 during the dark days for methadone and opioid treatment programs. At the time, the late Stewart B. Leavitt, Ph.D., with funding what was then called Mallinckrodt Specialty Chemicals Company, helped provide … [Read more...] about To Mallinckrodt: Thank you from AT Forum
CODAC Works With BH Link For Behavioral Health 24/7 Urgent Care
Rhode Island supported the development of Behavioral Health Link, BH Link, a 24-7 urgent care program for addiction and mental illness. The goal is to divert patients from less effective, more expensive emergency room visits to an urgent care visit which would directly provide care. And CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, an opioid treatment program (OTP) with 8 facilities is based in … [Read more...] about CODAC Works With BH Link For Behavioral Health 24/7 Urgent Care
