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ACCOUNTABILITY SUMMIT Turning the Curve on Opioid Abuse in Bernalillo County Harris Silver, M.D. Consultant, Health Care and Drug Policy Analyst Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Family and Community Medicine University of New

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ACCOUNTABILITY SUMMIT “Turning the Curve on Opioid Abuse in Bernalillo County” Harris Silver, M.D.

Consultant, Health Care and Drug Policy Analyst Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Family and Community Medicine University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

TREATMENT PANEL

September 19, 2013

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Treatment for substance use disorders The Savings

 Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration (SAMHSA):

Treatment saves $12 for every $1 spent

 $7 in criminal justice costs  $5 in medical costs

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American Society of Addiction Medicine

(ASAM) Patient Placement Criteria

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“Treatment Does Not work”

 Inadequate length and intensity and/or

inappropriate treatment – “one size fits all” does not work – ASAM criteria not applied

 Inexperienced or poorly trained counselors  Lack of aftercare after treatment  Lack of social supports after treatment  Lack of bridging of care and social supports after

treatment during incarceration

 High rate of co-occurring mental disorders (at least

60%) – not diagnosed and/or treated

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Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Federal Law – 2008)

Senators Pete Domenici and Paul Wellstone

 MHPAEA: no discrimination in treatment of

mental disorders and SUDs compared with medical and surgical disorders – same scope of treatment as medical/surgical disorders

 Legal interpretation: if medical and surgical disorders

get full continuum of care, then so do mental and substance use disorders

 No provisions for enforcement since

“implementation” in 2010 – enforcement has been through victorious lawsuits

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Parity Implementation Coalition

MHPAEA Supporters

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Parity Implementation Coalition Legal Interpretation of MHPAEA

 Illegal to not offer full continuum of SUD care

including short-term and long-term residential treatment when offer full continuum of care for medical/surgical disorders

 “Fail-first” policies are illegal (i.e., not initiating

treatment based on ASAM guidelines)

 Onerous pre-authorizations are not allowed for

addiction medications if not done for routine medications for medical/surgical disorders

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MHPAEA Compliance Requirements

 All Medicaid plans beginning in 2014  All plans in insurance exchanges  All plans in individual and family markets  All employer-sponsored plans with more than

50 employees if they offer any mental health and SUD benefits

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Potential Recommendations

 Creation of comprehensive treatment system in Bernalillo

County. Funding sources? Could the Assessment Center

serve as the nucleus?

 Develop a comprehensive inventory of treatment services to

help better understand gaps.

 Expansion of resources for the full continuum of addiction

treatment services to not only meet the current need but the expanded need due to increased access from health reform.

 Have treatment access through Medicaid and commercial

insurers that utilizes the ASAM patient placement criteria and is in compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.

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Potential Tracking Indicators for Treatment

 NUMBER OF OVERDOSES  # hospitalizations for OD with opioid

involvement

 # ED visits for OD with opioid involvement  # of slots available for all levels of treatment (e.g.,

detox, IOP, residential, transitional living)

 # of treatment admissions for each level of care  # of births with neonatal abstinence syndrome

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