Health homes may increase access to mental health care and substance use disorder treatment in Medicaid enrollees with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders.

This tip sheet provides guidelines for how health plans and provider organizations can use more person-centered language.

Virginia’s comprehensive Medicaid reform for substance use treatment services led to an increase in outpatient and community-based treatment and a decrease in emergency department and inpatient use among beneficiaries with opioid use disorder.

An interdisciplinary, hospital-based addiction medicine consultation team improved substance use disorder treatment engagement after hospitalization.

Strategies for preventing opioid use disorder.

This resource describes the value of navigators for Medicaid beneficiaries with mental illness.

“Clubhouses” for people with serious mental illness are effective at promoting employment, reducing hospitalizations, and improving quality of life.

Emergency department-initiated buprenorphine for opioid-dependent patients demonstrated significantly higher rates of addiction treatment engagement than interventions without buprenorphine.

Incorporating community engagement into public health interventions leads to improved health outcomes and a greater sense of self-efficacy among intervention recipients.