8/31/2021
The theme for National Recovery Month 2021 is “Recovery is for Everyone: Every Person, Every Family, Every Community.” Recovery Month celebrates the millions who have found recovery from mental health and substance use disorders and serves as an opportunity for education on the benefits of mental health and substance use treatment. SAMHSA defines recovery as “a process of change through which people improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential.”
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5/6/2021
May 6 12, 2021, is Nurses Week. CARF recognizes the profound impact the nursing field has across health and human services.
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2/27/2020
When an opioid treatment program opens its doors in a residential area, its neighbors may have concerns, but these programs are providing life-saving treatment that will ultimately strengthen the community.
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7/25/2019
Social determinants of health (SDH) are the conditions in which people live, work, and age and include factors like housing stability, employment status, geographic location, education, and other socioeconomic circumstances. SDH, often determined by distribution of wealth and resources, has proven responsible for inequities in healthcare and has become its biggest cost-driver.
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6/7/2019
Using options like acupuncture, physical
fitness, pottery, and more within an organized community-based program can help
people reduce reliance on opioids
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4/16/2019
In
October, we highlighted some emerging medtech options
that may help reduce reliance on opioids for pain management. Next in our
series on pain management in the context of the current opioid crisis, we examine
the deeper issue of the nature of pain itself.
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3/7/2019
Answers to 7 frequently asked questions about methadone. Is
methadone an opioid? How does methadone work? What is methadone used for? Find
the answers here.
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2/28/2019
By CARF International
CARF invited Flora Sadri to share more about the
office-based opioid treatment (OBOT) setting
and the need for a centralized quality framework. Flora
Sadri participated in the International Standards Advisory Committee that
crafted CARF’s new OBOT standards.
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2/5/2019
By CARF International
The way we talk about methadone often does not communicate the
treatment offerings and efficacy of Opioid Treatment Programs. It’s time we
update public perceptions
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1/29/2019
By CARF International
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is the term for the
combination of counseling and behavioral therapy with FDA-approved medications
to treat substance use disorders (SUD). Over the past few years, MAT has become
a broad term that describes how medication can support a person’s recovery from
SUD. However, due largely to America’s opioid epidemic, MAT is mostly known to
the public as it relates to the recovery of people with opioid use disorder
(OUD).
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10/23/2018
By CARF International
Although private and state insurance sometimes cover opioid addiction
treatment, Medicare historically has not. However, on October 3, Congress passed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, which
expanded Medicare coverage to include opioid treatment programs.
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10/4/2018
By CARF International
Partly in response to the opioid crisis, medtechs across the
nation have ramped up development of devices that aim to manage pain without
exposing patients to the risk of drug addiction.
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