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.

Peer support services for substance use care led to reduced acute care utilization among select managed care members in Pennsylvania.

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.

A telehealth addiction consult service program for hospitalized patients with substance use disorders is as effective as in-person consults.

Peer support specialists can link patients with substance use disorders to treatment, but this study showed disparate outcomes for how one program impacted access to care for Black and white patients.

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

This study identifies facilitators and barriers of hospital- and community-based harm reduction collaboration efforts and highlights hospital-based opportunities to better serve people who use drugs.

Care management interventions for people transitioning from behavioral health inpatient care may be successful in decreasing readmissions if they address health-related social needs.

Provides an overview and evaluation of the Behavioral Health Initiative for Older Adults and People with Physical Disabilities in Oregon.

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.

Behavioral health home model is associated with long-term changes in health services utilization for people with serious behavioral health conditions.

Care management interventions demonstrated improvements in mental health, quality of life, and patient satisfaction as well as reduced psychiatric inpatient days for people with serious mental illness.

Behavioral health wraparound program led to reduced utilization and costs in first month after an emergency department or behavioral health admission, but mixed results occurred in subsequent months.

While telehealth has the potential to increase access to treatment for opioid use disorder, barriers still exist for patients and providers in receiving and delivering virtual care.

A street medicine program increased post-hospitalization follow-up care for unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles.

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.

A randomized controlled trial found Denver’s Housing First program led to positive impacts on health and utilization for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness and frequent periods of incarceration.

Black Medicaid enrollees who spent more days in the emergency department or county jail were less likely than white enrollees to receive medications for opioid use disorder.

A patient intervention that supported outpatient addiction treatment with destigmatized conversations about substance use between patients and primary care providers showed long-term benefits.

This guide offers resources to improve telehealth interventions for individuals at risk for, experiencing, or recovering from serious mental illness and/or substance use disorder.