A participatory design approach created a nurse-driven screening process to better identify and treat people with opioid use disorder in the emergency department.

Inpatient addiction medicine consultation services reduced 90-day mortality for patients with substance use disorder after a hospital discharge, but showed mixed results on acute care utilization.

This toolkit shares practical steps and best practices for health care providers and administrators looking to implement telehealth services for their patients.

Maryland’s Medicaid Behavioral Health Home program increases mental health outpatient visits for adults with serious mental illness.

While telehealth has the potential to increase access to treatment for opioid use disorder, barriers still exist for patients and providers in receiving and delivering virtual care.

Supports the use of telehealth and technology-assisted services to increase access to care and improve outcomes for people who use drugs.

Guidance on developing a reentry program to support Native Americans who are reentering communities from jail or prisons.

A community-based care transition and management intervention showed improved outcomes for patients transitioning to outpatient community care following a psychiatric hospitalization.

Corrections-based medications for opioid use disorder program is shown to be feasible and improve health outcomes for people incarcerated in these settings with opioid use disorder.

A street medicine program increased post-hospitalization follow-up care for unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles.

Implementation insights from a permanent supportive housing diversion program in Los Angeles for people in the criminal legal system with serious mental illness point to the value of cross-sector, cross-agency partnerships.

Longer participation in a patient-centered medical home is associated with better mental health care for people enrolled in Medicaid with major depressive disorder and multiple chronic conditions.

Evidence-based behavioral intervention in which positive behaviors are reinforced with material incentives may address clinical problems among people receiving medications for opioid use disorder.

A randomized controlled trial found Denver’s Housing First program led to positive impacts on health and utilization for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness and frequent periods of incarceration.

Black Medicaid enrollees who spent more days in the emergency department or county jail were less likely than white enrollees to receive medications for opioid use disorder.

Trust, flexible funding, cross-sector support, sustainability, and an explicit focus on structural racism are identified as key components of effective community engagement to advance health equity.

This guide offers resources to improve telehealth interventions for individuals at risk for, experiencing, or recovering from serious mental illness and/or substance use disorder.

A patient intervention that supported outpatient addiction treatment with destigmatized conversations about substance use between patients and primary care providers showed long-term benefits.

Peer providers with lived experiences of substance use and mental health disorders can help improve patient outcomes and play a unique role in the behavioral health workforce.

A Medicaid health home care management program led to improved diabetes care, benefitting people with co-occurring substance use disorders and diabetes.