Resources to reduce opioid misuse

For all stakeholders

• Toolkit: Hospital Strategies for Pain Management and Reducing Opioid Use Disorder (PDF)

For payers

• Get the HHS/OIG's toolkit that can help you use data to identify patients at risk of opioid misuse
• Prevent opioid fraud
   

For health care providers

• Learn how to bill for office-based opioid use disorder treatment services
• Read our collaboration report with FDA on access barriers to abuse-deterrent opioid formulations under Medicare Part D      
• Resources for prescribing providers
• Review the DEA COVID-19 guidance on controlled substance prescribing
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  • DEA COVID-19 guidance about buprenorphine prescribing 
• See how Medicare will cover Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) on 1/1/20
  • Review how OTPs can enroll in Medicare, and see other OTP coverage considerations (PDF)
• Refer to the CDC's tapering guidance (PDF)
• Get the CDC's opioid prescribing guidelines 
  • April 2019 opioid prescribing guidelines clarification
• Read HHS’ guidance for sharing patient health information
• Learn more about Medicare’s new Part D opioid overutilization policies
• Share a fact sheet with your patients about Medicare’s new Part D opioid overutilization policies
• See our blog about Part D opioid policies
• Get a drop-in article (PDF) about Part D Overutilization
• Read our medication management campaign 
• Earn credits with the CDC’s opioid training modules
• See the Reducing Opioid Misuse letter (PDF) mailed to all Medicare fee-for-service providers and get answers about:
  • Searchable Medicare Coverage Database
  • Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) contacts for specific local coverage decisions
  • CMS Quality Improvement Organizations
  • Co-prescribing with Naloxone
    • CDC.gov: call 1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) TTY: 888-232-6348 or by e-mail
    • CMS Quality Improvement Organizations
  • Part D policies on opioids by email

For states

• Learn about our treatment & recovery grants:
  • SUPPORT Act demonstration details
  • Video & infographic (PDF)
• Get strategies:
  • Strategies to Address the Opioid Epidemic
• Reduce substance use disorders:
  • Reducing Substance Use Disorders
  • *New* Expanding Medicaid coverage for opioid use disorder treatment
• Read Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) & Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) models
  • Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) model
  • Integrated Care for Kids (InCK)
• Review national trends among dually eligible & Medicare-only beneficiaries
  • National Trends in High-dose Chronic Opioid Utilization among Dually Eligible and Medicare-only Beneficiaries (PDF)

For partners

• CMS' Actions to Address the Opioid Crisis
• Help patients protect their privacy & civil rights when seeking treatment
• See our blog about Part D opioid policies
• Get a drop-in article (PDF) about Part D opioid policies
• Share a fact sheet with your patients about Medicare’s new Part D opioid policies