Individuals with behavioral health diagnoses who are released from jails are less likely to return to jail if they receive behavioral health services after release.

Study shows racial disparities in how coverage by a Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plan (D-SNP) impacts the experience of care.

Medicare beneficiaries with complex needs who were enrolled in Medicare Advantage had lower rates of acute care utilization than those enrolled in traditional Medicare.

Social and legal services to address health care costs and utilization may be most effective for individuals with moderately high utilization who are less clinically complex.

Information such as patient-reported function and living arrangements can help understand which patients would benefit most from home- and community-based services.

Study details permanent supportive housing program implementation and how this impacts outcomes and costs.

Identifies best practices for implementing peer support interventions and advancing recovery-oriented care within mental health organizations.

Simulation model estimates that national implementation of medically tailored meal programs for specific populations would achieve over $13.6 billion in cost savings per year.

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.

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

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.

A hospital-based program showed that peer recovery coaching can be seamlessly integrated into the workflow of busy emergency departments to address the longer-term needs of people with substance use disorders.

Describes strategies for how state policymakers can strengthen the use of The American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria to improve addiction care delivery and coverage in the United States.

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.

Highlighted two community paramedicine programs in New England and rural North Carolina that serve people with complex needs.

An intensive care management intervention led to over $23,000 savings per year in total medical expenses for participating high-risk Medicaid ACO enrollees.

This description and application of a valid and reliable measure of equity of inpatient hospital experiences can help hospitals collect better data to meaningfully promote high-quality equitable care.

While there is limited research on whether Medicaid home and community-based services are available, accessible, accommodating, and acceptable for marginalized groups, existing evidence shows that there are widespread disparities that policymakers should address.