2024
Access to treatment before and after Medicare coverage of opioid treatment programs
Liu R, Beetham T, Newton H, Busch S. Access to treatment before and after Medicare coverage of opioid treatment programs. Health Affairs Scholar 2024, 2: qxae076. PMID: 38938273, PMCID: PMC11210307, DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxae076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTreatment servicesOpioid use disorderTreatment programsOpioid treatment programsMedicare coverageFor-profit statusCounty-level changesTreat opioid use disorderNonwhite residentsNonwhite populationsOpioid use disorder treatment servicesSociodemographic characteristicsNational DirectoryServicesUse disorderTreatment facilitiesOutpatient settingMedicareAccessOpioid
2023
Provision of Digital Health Technologies for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment by US Health Care Organizations
Miller-Rosales C, Morden N, Brunette M, Busch S, Torous J, Meara E. Provision of Digital Health Technologies for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment by US Health Care Organizations. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2323741. PMID: 37459098, PMCID: PMC10352858, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.23741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderCross-sectional studyCognitive behavior therapyDigital health technologiesRecovery support programMAIN OUTCOMEMental health therapyTreatment resourcesHealth technologiesOpioid use disorder treatmentCare organizationsMultivariable logistic regression modelHealth care organizationsAddiction medicine specialistsHealth therapyAccountable care organization contractsUse disorder treatmentLogistic regression modelsACO contractsSafety net organizationsAdjusted analysisUS health care organizationsAccountable care organizationsMedicine specialistsUse disordersInternal and Environmental Predictors of Physician Practice Use of Screening and Medications for Opioid Use Disorders
Miller-Rosales C, Busch S, Meara E, King A, D’Aunno T, Colla C. Internal and Environmental Predictors of Physician Practice Use of Screening and Medications for Opioid Use Disorders. Medical Care Research And Review 2023, 80: 410-422. PMID: 37036056, PMCID: PMC10949918, DOI: 10.1177/10775587231162681.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOngoing opioid epidemicOpioid use disorderOpioid useUse disordersHealth information technology functionalityAvailability of MOUDPrimary careOpioid epidemicMOUDMultispecialty practicePhysician practicesMedicationsBehavioral cliniciansDemonstrated effectivenessDisordersPractice useScreeningCliniciansCare
2022
Physician response to COVID-19-driven telehealth flexibility for opioid use disorder.
Beetham T, Fiellin DA, Busch SH. Physician response to COVID-19-driven telehealth flexibility for opioid use disorder. The American Journal Of Managed Care 2022, 28: 456-463. PMID: 36121359, DOI: 10.37765/ajmc.2022.89221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorder treatmentCOVID-19 pandemicEarly COVID-19 eraOpioid use disorderUse disorder treatmentOUD treatmentTelehealth useUse disordersPhysician responsesTelehealth effectivenessDisorder treatmentTelehealth technologyPhysiciansTelehealthCOVID-19 eraTelehealth regulationsCOVID-19Administrative dataMost respondentsTreatmentRetrospective usePandemicSurvey participationPerceptions of effectivenessRespondents' use