Initiative successfully implemented several evidence-based and promising addiction care models across multiple medical settings, including an inpatient addiction consult team, a low-threshold bridge clinic, peer recovery coaches, and office-based addiction treatment nurses.
Demonstrates that intensive outpatient care programs show promise in reducing utilization and costs and improving patient outcomes for high-need, high-cost populations.
Providing virtual case mentoring to outpatient care teams may reduce unnecessary hospital and emergency department visits for high-need, high-cost patients.