2. Healthcare Reform The “Affordable Care Act” How Will It Affect Substance Abuse Care?

3. Population Prevalence Addiction ~ 25,000,000 “Harmful – 60,000,000 Use” Little or No Use Diabetes ~24,000,000 LITTLE LOTS In Treatment ~ 2,300,000

4. President’s 2012 Budget Healthcare 23% Poverty Assist. 17% Defense 19% Social Secur. 21%

5. The Presentation 1 - The Basic Elements 2 – Changes Expected 3 – The Implications

6. 2010 Healthcare Reform The “Affordable Care Act” Transformative for MH/SA SA care is “Essential Service” Funds full continuum of care Prevent, BI, Meds, Spec Care Focus on Primary Care Part of “Medical Home” Information management

7. Insure ~45 million uninsured Reduce Costs of Healthcare Correct Insurance Problems Improve Care Quality ~32 million newly insured Admin Costs, Prevention, Tech. Pre-exist cond, dropping, portability Ev Based Pract., Technology

8. Expanded Insurance Health Exchanges “Medical Home” Electronic Health Record Prevention Emphasis

9. Training Emphasis –Significant grants for provider training –On-line Medicaid billing requirement Federal/State funding “match” –“Essential services” 100% federal – Most prevention is 100% federal

10. The Presentation 1 - The Basic Elements 2 – Changes Expected 3 – The Implications

11. Addiction “Substance Use Disorders” XXXXXXXX

12. 1 A “Bad Habit” not an Illness Leads to a Special Approach

13. A Nice Simple Rehab Model NTOMS Sample of 250 Programs Treatment Substance Abusing Patient Non- Substance Abusing Patient

14. ASSUMPTIONS Some fixed amount or duration of treatment will resolve the problem Clinical efforts put toward correctly placing patients and getting them to complete treatment Evaluation of effectiveness should occur following completion –Poor outcome means failure

15. Addiction Treatment Very Rare Use Very Frequent Use In Specialty Treat. ~ 2,300,000

16. Detoxification – 100% –Ambulatory – 85% Opioid Substitution Therapy – 50% Urine Drug Screen – 100% –7 per year Note – Great variability state to state

17. Virtually all these are hospital benefits Very few are “visit” benefits – almost all are program benefits Very few care options, little variety within options Comparatively little acknowledgement of patients’ rights, little help with access

18. Treatments For Other Illnesses Why it matters

19. A Continuing Care Model Primary Continuing Care Primary Care Specialty Care

20. In Chronic Illnesses…. 1 – There is no Cure - the effects of treatment do not last very long after care stops 2 – Patients who are out of contact are at elevated risk for relapse: Retention is essential

21. In Chronic Illnesses…. 3 – Early, intensive stages prepare patients for less intensive care: – ultimately Self-Management 4 - Evaluation is a clinical duty: Good function = continue care Poor function = change care

22. Physician Visits – 100% Clinic Visits – 100% Home Health Visits – 100% Glucose Tests, Monitors, Supplies – 100% Insulin and 4 other Meds – 100% HgA1C, eye, foot exams 4x/yr – 100% Smoking Cessation – 100% Personal Care Visits – 100% Language Interpreter - Negotiated

23. Virtually all these are in primary care Most are “visit benefits” not packaged The term “dual disorder” originated here as diabetes and hypertension Note patients have rights and benefits designed to help them access care and to benefit from it

24. Physician Visits – 100% Clinic Visits – 100% Home Health Visits – 100% Glucose Tests, Monitors, Supplies – 100% Insulin and 4 other Meds – 100% HgA1C, eye, foot exams 4x/yr – 100% Smoking Cessation – 100% Personal Care Visits – 100% Language Interpreter - Negotiated

25. Virtually all these are in primary care Most are “visit benefits” not packaged The term “dual disorder” originated here as diabetes and hypertension Note patients have rights and benefits designed to help them access care and to benefit from it

26. Physician Visits – 100% –Screening, Brief Intervention, Assessment –Evaluation and medication – Tele monitoring Clinic Visits – 100% Home Health Visits – 100% –Family Counseling Alcohol and Drug Testing – 100% 4 Maintenance and Anti-Craving Meds – 100% Smoking Cessation – 100%

27. ~ 500,000 Primary Care Physicians + CNPs 1. Prevention Services Screening and Brief Intervention - UPHS 2. Early Intervention Brief Counseling / Treatment 3. Office-Based Treatment Medications, Monitoring, Management 4. Referral to Specialty Care Referral Back for Continuing Care

28. The Presentation 1 - The Basic Elements 2 – Changes Expected 3 – The Implications

29. New market for prevention research –Very significant funding in ACA –new initiatives to drive down cost and improve personal responsibility –Challenge – What is prevention – just vaccines or community focus – wellness

30. Need “intervention research” with PCPs –Adherence assistance –Tele-health and Tele monitoring New market for medications –500,000 PCPs – other “prescribers” Research on counseling in primary care –“Behavioral Health” focus? Family focus?

31. Adaptation of Health Homes to SUD –90% Federal funding for Health Home services – Emphasis on care integration and transition – Addition of case management services Information exchange and decision support research –New information will be in EMR –Need standard “performance measures”

32. Most “treatment” funding will come from Medicaid and private health insurance –New populations – medical referrals –New billing requirements – reporting requirements –Emphasis upon Outpatient care integrated into “Medical Home” Emphasis on “Evidence Based” Practices What is a profitable outpatient model?

33. Emphasis/expansion home health services – Will “specialty care” fill this role? Role of Block Grant could change –Recovery-Oriented services NOT covered in healthcare

34. Budget negotiations may change some of this State variability will continue but ultimately reduce