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Health Management Associates, California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative, and California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative gathered a diverse task force of obstetric and pediatric providers, anesthesiologists, nurses, social workers, and public health professionals to create a comprehensive, practical toolkit focused on maternal and newborn care from the prenatal period through hospital discharge. The Mother & Baby …

California has made significant progress in expanding access to opioid treatment, but roadblocks still remain, according to a recent article from Kaiser Health News. The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) recently shared outcomes from the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Expansion project, which has expanded opioid treatment to more than 20,000 patients statewide and created …

Opioid overdoses killed more than 46,000 Americans in 2018, including 2,428 Californians. The opioid crisis continues to command national attention, and in September 2019, the federal government approved an additional $1.5 billion to states to bolster their response efforts. In California, this federal money supports the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Expansion Project. The project aims …

An article by the USC Center for Health Journalism News Collaborative reports the Hub and Spoke System is helping California make progress in tackling the opioid epidemic. The Hub and Spoke System has resulted in: 395 new practitioners trained to prescribe medication assisted treatment 21,800 new patients starting medication assisted treatment Hub and Spoke has …

Find out how to locate a drug take-back bin in your area! The federal grant-funded California Statewide Drug Take-Back Program has the express purpose of helping combat the opioid crisis and reduce the misuse of medications by expanding options for the public to safely discard unwanted medicines with a statewide network of take-back receptacles (bins). …

In two recent interviews, DHCS’ Marlies Perez explains how medication assisted treatment can help individuals overcome opioid addiction and achieve long-term recovery, and how ChooseMAT.org can help individuals find medication assisted treatment near them.

HMA has launched a learning management system (LMS) rich with learning content spanning administrative, clinical, and behavioral health competencies for substance use disorder treatment and medications for addiction treatment (MAT). This site is available to the public and is dynamic in its content. The LMS will continue to undergo further updates and enhancements over the next …

Free, confidential, 24/7 guidance on substance use evaluation and management for California health care providers The California Substance Use Line (CSUL) is a round-the-clock, cost-free tele-consultation service for substance use evaluation and management that is available to all California clinicians in any health care setting. Supported by DHCS funding through the California MAT Expansion Project, …

The Waivered Prescriber Support Initiative (WPSI) is pleased to launch the new and improved project website. Find out more at www.uclaisap.org/MATPrescriberSupport.                          

Preliminary results of the evaluation of of the California Hub and Spoke Program are presented in the January 2020 edition of the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Some highlights of the evaluation include: California’s Hub and Spoke model has increased access to opioid use disorder treatment. Prescribers and treatment teams have received implementation support. Activities …