Substance Abuse Outpatient Care

Substance Abuse Outpatient Care is the provision of outpatient services for the treatment of drug or alcohol use disorders. Services include:

• Screening
  
• Assessment
  
• Diagnosis, and/or
  
• Treatment of substance use disorder, including:
  
  • Pretreatment/recovery readiness programs
    
  • Harm reduction
    
  • Behavioral health counseling associated with substance use disorder
    
  • Outpatient drug-free treatment and counseling
    
  • Medication assisted therapy
    
  • Neuro-psychiatric pharmaceuticals
    
  • Relapse prevention
    

Program Guidance:

Acupuncture therapy may be allowable under this service category only when, as part of a substance use disorder treatment program funded under the RWHAP, it is included in a documented plan.

Syringe access services are allowable, to the extent that they comport with current appropriations law and applicable HHS guidance, including HRSA- or HAB-specific guidance.

See also:

Substance Abuse Services (residential)

*Projections are based on the history of a service. Projections do not take into consideration federal policy changes, funding shifts, etc. that may occur in the future.

For the purposes of this document, need is based on the response of a consumer when asked if there was a service they needed. MMP interviews patients in care and asks consumers if they need a service and if they receive it. Client services unit data identifies needs at the time of initial intake.

None.