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Overcoming Obstacles to Medication-Assisted Treatment
March 27, 2020 | Perspective
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is considered the gold standard of opioid use disorder treatment when paired with behavioral therapies, yet the number of primary care providers who practice MAT is surprisingly low.
Men Lag Behind Women in Following Social Distancing Measures, According to Survey of Michigan Residents by Altarum
March 27, 2020 | Press Release
Men are less likely to follow social distancing guidelines and orders compared to women, according to survey data released today by Altarum.
9 Out of 10 Survey Respondents in Michigan Say They Would Follow a Shelter in Place Recommendation, According to Poll by Altarum
March 23, 2020 | Press Release
Altarum's new poll finds that 90% of Michigan residents would follow a shelter in place recommendation. Over 7,000 Michigan residents have completed the online poll about COVID-19 perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors since Thursday, March 19.
Recovery Housing, Peer Recovery Supports Are Crucial Components to Maintaining Recovery
March 17, 2020 | Announcement
Altarum’s Elizabeth Burden moderated a session at the 2020 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (COAP) National Forum on the crucial role recovery housing plays in addressing substance misuse, and how jurisdictions and criminal justice sectors can form partnerships with peer-based housing operators.
COVID-19 Is a Wake-Up Call to Prioritize Public Health Surveillance Funding
March 16, 2020 | Perspective
Rick Keller of Altarum writes in Healthcare IT News that accurate outbreak data reporting depends on a standards-based and interoperable information infrastructure, which many jurisdictions across the U.S. still do not have.
Experts Say States Should Focus on Controlling Prices, Reducing Low-Value Care to Make Health Care More Affordable
February 12, 2020 | Announcement
Health care policy experts gathering in Washington, D.C. today urged states to make health care more affordable for residents by regulating prices through a variety of mechanisms and reducing the provision of low-value care.
Low-Value Care is Everywhere. What is Driving It and How Can We Intervene?
February 04, 2020 | Perspective
Commercial payers spent more than $5.5 billion on 20 select low-value health care services in 2015, according to a new study from the Research Consortium for Healthcare Value Assessment, a collaboration between Altarum and VBID Health. To reduce the widespread prevalence of low-value care, we need to take a closer look at where it is occurring and why.
Introducing the Low Value Care Visualizer—A Tool to Help States Simplify Analytics for Action
January 30, 2020 | Perspective
How do we shift our focus from how much we spend to how well it is spent? Reducing low-value care is a good start, but often the resulting findings are dense and hard to manage. We’ve created a tool to help visualize and help make sense of these findings.