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  • Leveraging Medicaid to Combat the Opioid Epidemic: How Leader States and Health Plans Deliver Evidence-Based Treatment

    Medicaid | Mental Health & Substance Use | Media | Publication | June 2019

    Leveraging Medicaid To Combat The Opioid Epidemic: How Leader States And Health Plans Deliver Evidence-Based Treatment (Health Affairs, June 24, 2019. Copyright © 2019 Health Affairs by Project HOPE – The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.) In this Health Affairs blog post, the authors of TAC's State Strategies to Expand Medication-Assisted…

  • State Approaches to Developing the Residential Treatment Continuum for Substance Use Disorders

    Medicaid | Mental Health & Substance Use | Report | Publication | March 2019

    Learn how state Medicaid agencies are taking action to expand the continuum of care available to Medicaid recipients with substance use disorders - and how they are meeting the challenges that come with this newly expanded coverage. With the support of Arnold Ventures, TAC conducted interviews in five states…

  • Exploring Value-Based Payment to Encourage Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Primary Care

    Medicaid | Mental Health & Substance Use | Report | Publication | June 2018

    Expanding the capacity and ability of primary care providers to assess and treat substance use disorders is critical. With support from the Melville Charitable Trust, TAC and the Center for Health Care Strategies conducted interviews with stakeholders to understand how value-based payment (VBP) levers can be used to encourage…

  • Integrating Substance Use Disorder Treatment & Mainstream Medical Care: Four Ground-Level Experiences

    Medicaid | Mental Health & Substance Use | Report | Publication | June 2018

    This brief offers four examples of the integration of SUD treatment and mainstream medical care. Rather than search for a uniform set of requisite traits, we decided to show why and how four very different groups of providers have moved toward integrated care. (2018)

  • Using Medicaid to Finance and Deliver Services in Supportive Housing: Challenges and Opportunities

    Medicaid | Mental Health & Substance Use | Olmstead & Community Integration | Publication | July 2016

    There is growing recognition that stable, affordable housing plays a critical role in supporting individuals' recovery from mental illness and substance use disorders. Behavioral health care leaders in several states have found that Medicaid can be a cost-effective resource to finance and deliver some of the flexible services and…

  • The Oklahoma Enhanced Tier Payment System: Leveraging Medicaid to Improve Mental Health Provider Performance & Outcomes

    Medicaid | Mental Health & Substance Use | Issue Brief | Publication | October 2012

    The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) commissioned TAC to author this case study of Oklahoma’s Enhanced Tier Payment System (ETPS). The ETPS leverages Medicaid financing to incentivize mental health providers for quality improvement of care. The paper describes the overall ETPS system design, the stakeholder…