Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) uses approved medicines along with substance use disorder counseling and support to help people recover from substance use disorders. It may not be right for everyone, but it is an important part of the treatment options available for people struggling with addiction to alcohol or drugs.
Even though addiction is understood to be a long-term disease that can return over time, some counselors and administrators have been slow to accept new treatment methods. At the same time, many doctors and other healthcare workers don't get much training in addiction treatment. Because of this, MAT has been adopted slowly in some place.
The hope is that Missouri treatment providers in Missouri will teach their staff and clients about all the treatment choices available to them.
Missouri Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP) Demographic and Personnel Information
- Opioid State Opioid Response (SOR) Provider Implementation Guide
A guide for DMH providers (includes CIMOR procedures and data reporting is intended to help providers deliver treatment and supportive services to individuals with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) under the State Opioid Response Grant (Opioid SOR). DMH and the Opioid SOR team have developed this Provider Implementation Guide to outline clear and consistent guidance with step-by-step clinical and administrative instructions on grant utilization.
This guide is divided into multiple sections, as many provider staff are involved in the consumer experience and the billing process and have distinct roles. These sections include the following:
- General Overview of Grant and Grant Requirements
- Important Points to Remember
- Clinical Guide for Intake and Psychosocial Supportive Services
- Clinical Guide for Medical Treatment of OUD
- Customer Information Management, Outcomes and Reporting (CIMOR) Procedures for Client Admission, Enrollment, and Billing
- Guide for Data Reporting
- SUD-Approved Medications List
The SUD-Approved Medication List identifies the medications currently approved for reimbursement to contracted providers by the Division of Behavioral Health (DBH). Treatment providers are referred to their contracts for other requirements associated with the use of, and reimbursement for, medications used in the treatment of substance use disorders.
- MO HealthNet Division
Some medications on the DBH-approved medication list may be subject to prior authorization criteria utilized by the MO HealthNet formulary via the clinical edit process.
- Additional Resources
- Besse Medical
- Beyond Rock Bottom: Medication Assisted Treatment
View a brief animated video on the rationale for Medication Assisted Treatment. - NIATx: Getting Started with Medication-Assisted Treatment
This resource highlights lessons that emerged from the Advancing Recovery (AR) project. The summary of the AR Missouri project offers the field a great implementation tool, along with strategies for finding funding for MAT. - Substance Use: Medication Assisted Treatment Resources (Legal Action Center)
The Legal Action Center’s website offers publications and webinars/videos pertaining to Medication Assisted Treatment. Popular publications include (1) “Legality of Denying Access to Medication Assisted Treatment in the Criminal Justice System,” a report that explains why criminal justice agencies violate federal anti-discrimination laws and the U.S. Constitution when they deny access to medication to treat opioid use disorder; (2) “Advocating for Your Recovery: What to do When Ordered Off Medication,” which explains how people in medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, their treatment programs and advocates, can advocate to get in or stay in the treatment they need; and (3) Confronting an Epidemic: The Case for Expanding Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment to Address the Heroin and Opioid Epidemic.” - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
A federal agency, SAMHSA is charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses. This link is to the Division of Pharmacologic Therapies, SAMHSA's site for information on medication assisted treatment. - Suboxone
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