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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/moud-playbook/implementing-treatment/payment-and-reimbursement
January 01, 2025 - information about fee-for-service billing and reimbursement for integrated services. … Be sure to identify codes for screening and initial assessment, starting medication, maintenance visits … for each payer. … Operational Systems and Workflows
Screening and Diagnosis
Engaging Patients in Treatment … for OUD
Pharmacotherapy
Mitigating Overdose Risk
Prevent and Respond to
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/behavioral-health-and-primary-care/implementing-plan/secure-financial-support-behavioral-health-services
September 01, 2025 - integrated care functions like behavioral health screenings, assessments, and brief interventions. … Behavioral Health Services CPT Codes HCPCS Codes Counseling Risk Factor Reduction 99401-99404, 99411, … risk from the payer to the provider. … These funds enable practices to hire behavioral health staff, conduct routine screenings, offer brief … Routine screening for behavioral health conditions (using validated tools like the Patient Health Questionnaire
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/opioid-use-disorder/implement-mat-for-oud/general-operations
August 01, 2024 - MAT for OUD Playbook
Introduction to MAT
Self-Assessment Checklist for MAT for OUD … Delivering Effective, Low Barrier Treatment
Operational System & Workflows
Screening … Service Models
Payment & Reimbursement
Patient-Centered Care
Screening … Individuals With OUD
Co-Occurring Behavioral Health Conditions
Suicidality
Risk … of Use
Prevention and Response to Recurrence of Use
Overdose Risk
Collecting
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/moud-playbook/monitor-patient-outcomes/approaches-to-quality-improvement
January 01, 2018 - treatment for OUD or for practices that conduct clinical research. … For example: NIATx — Process improvement for behavioral health | UW-Madison is designed specifically … After selecting an area for improvement, create goals or objectives for the desired changes. … Operational Systems and Workflows
Screening and Diagnosis
Engaging Patients in Treatment … for OUD
Pharmacotherapy
Mitigating Overdose Risk
Prevent and Respond to
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/ibh-lexicon/practice-differences
July 01, 2024 - Health system indicators (other than screening) Demographic, registry, claims, utilization referral, … health disparities, or other system data that point at risk for complex needs or special needs likely … Universal identification or screening processes All or most patients or members of clinic panel are screened … Acute life stress, complex or high risk/cost cases, health disparities linked to race, ethnicity, culture … specific populations based on disease or diagnosis, prevention, risk level, stage of life, social or
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/expert-insight/success-stories
February 01, 2024 - Health IT helps providers communicate and can promote systematic screenings through clinical decision … While waiting for a provider in the exam room, patients will be able to fill out screening forms on an … The registry incorporates a number of embedded screening and tracking tools including the PHQ9 for depression … registry of around 400,000 patients that is among the largest in the nation and has been used to develop risk … The system incorporates PHQ9 screening for depression into the EMR as a standard behavioral health assessment
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/moud-playbook/obtain-training-and-support/pharmacotherapy-training
January 01, 2023 - While medications like buprenorphine and methadone can help manage OUD, individuals with OUD remain at risk … Beyond state scope of practice laws for advanced practitioners: Additional supervision requirements for … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Operational Systems and Workflows
Screening and Diagnosis
Engaging Patients in Treatment … for OUD
Pharmacotherapy
Mitigating Overdose Risk
Prevent and Respond to
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/behavioral-health-and-primary-care/implementing-plan/track-patients-and-monitor-their-outcomes
January 01, 2025 - In Collect and Use Data for Quality Improvement , the Playbook provides tools for monitoring patients … For example, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) (PDF - 0.16 MB) can track progress for patients … Also, screening tools like the Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use (TAPS … ) and CRAFFT can help identify and monitor substance use risk and behaviors. … Useful Resource(s) for implementing a stepped-care approach
Stepped Care for Depression in
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/topic-briefs/oud-low-threshold-treatment
February 01, 2025 - anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). 106 Screening … for and addressing suicide, co-occurring mental health disorders, and ADHD in particular, can have an … Preventive and chronic disease care needs (e.g., cancer screenings) for people with OUD are often overlooked … Accessed September 18, 2023. [80] The Risk of Misuse and Diversion of Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder … National trends in suicide thoughts and behavior among US adults with opioid use disorder from 2015 to
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/behavioral-health-and-primary-care/planning-for-integration/define-your-vision
January 01, 2024 - and assessment, amounted to approximately $5 per primary care visit with screening, or $38 per visit … the behavioral and emotional aspects of care, especially for high-risk, complex patients. 30,31 Systems … Deliver targeted behavioral health services for selected, at-risk populations that have been identified … It can be used to address an organization or unit culture that may pose risks for patients (e.g., expressed … Pediatric Provider Experiences with Implementation of Routine Mental Health Screening.
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/AHRQ_AcadLitReview.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Providers need to be skilled at selecting evidence-based, brief screening tools to identify patients … who have or
who are at risk for behavioral health problems.9,12,13 Secondly, providers must have strong … assessment and diagnosis, psychoeducation, therapeutic interventions, health behavior change interventions,
suicide … risk, and crisis management services.13
Provider- and Practice-Level Competencies for Integrated … described in the literature include:11,13,19,21,22,24,26,31,32
• Clear workflows that support regular screening
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/moud-playbook/obtain-training-and-support/clinicwide-orientation
January 01, 2021 - Build an understanding of risk and protective factors and of the kinds of behaviors and challenges common … For more information see Mitigating Overdose Risk . … Train staff on procedures to detect and Reduce Risks of Diversion . … Operational Systems and Workflows
Screening and Diagnosis
Engaging Patients in Treatment … for OUD
Pharmacotherapy
Mitigating Overdose Risk
Prevent and Respond to
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/Lexicon.pdf
January 01, 2020 - screening for
conditions. … Identification could take place within populations considered high risk or as universal screening. … health behavior change as
part of plan for any
condition
Screening or other
identification for … tools
• Health risk
assessment
• Med record
history\hx
Methods:
• MH/SA screening
tools … Screening and identification: “Screening” means disease screening according to evidence-based protocols
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/MOUD_Playbook_Environmental_Scan_2025.pdf
January 01, 2025 - risk reduction. … : a
global systematic review found that people with OUD died by suicide at nearly eight times the … Delivering Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: Environmental Scan 38
Screening and … Screening of search results occurred in
two rounds of review: (1) title and abstract and (2) full text … Screening and Data Extraction – Grey Literature
Project staff and the Principal Investigator reviewed
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/Integrated%20Behavioral%20Health--The%20Journey%20to%20Becoming%20the%20Standard%20of%20Care.docx
January 01, 2024 - We've used a lot of screening tools, a screening and response model to allow us to expand what we're … doing, expand our skill sets, identify issues, whether it's developmental or behavioral health or other risk … So just to give an example, we use this model for pediatric trauma and PTSD screening and response, which … So, like for our depression screening and response, trying to track the PHQ levels over time, making … really have the opportunity to literally save people's lives, especially, the people who are at most risk
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/Innovations%20in%20Behavioral%20Health%20Integration_Transcript.docx
January 01, 2025 - The 1st was, does systematic screening for opioid use disorder, help us identify more people with Oud … We were curious if universal screening would make a difference in being able to recruit patients for … Use at your own risk, so to speak. So these are direct to consumer products. … It's actually a lawsuit now, because a child's died by suicide related to that company, and they're now … The Federal Trade Commission is talking about in terms of risks there, and what the Apa says in terms
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/ibh-lexicon/functional-definition
January 01, 2025 - decision-making, jointly assessing risks and benefits of alternative therapies with patient values and … that population-level identification takes place in the larger context of all care such as universal screening … or medical screening, and not only individuals requiring integrated behavioral health. 24 Identification … is for case-finding, for behavioral health integration is a broader concept than universal screening … the behavioral health clinician on the team and the use of a shared record—exploring its benefits and risks
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/behavioral-health-and-primary-care/implementing-plan/obtain-behavioral-health-expertise-and-build-culture-integration
September 01, 2025 - Next, look for behavioral health providers capable of the functions you think will be most valuable for … For specialty mental health services, the organization tends to use clinical social workers for therapy … Provide behavioral health expertise as part of a team caring for a group of high-risk, complex patients … Screening & Assessment : The ability to conduct brief, evidence-based screenings and arranging further … Document workflows and make them available to staff for orientation and for reminders.
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/topic-briefs/behavioral-health-apps
July 01, 2024 - time, apps and other digital technologies can be challenging to implement and do pose some level of risk … some basic information on what behavioral apps are, the benefits and risks of recommending apps for … However, most digital therapeutic apps are classified as presenting a low to moderate risk to patients … Screening patients about behavioral health app use and documenting that use provides more comprehensive … Key knowledge base elements include: Evidence base What they can and can't do regarding treatment Risks