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December 22, 2020

Here are your weekly updates from the Indiana Department of Health:

Just Released: Healthy People 2030’s Leading Health Indicators and Overall Health and Well-Being Measures

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released a new subset of objectives and a new set of health measures as part of the Healthy People 2030 initiative: Leading Health Indicators (LHIs) and Overall Health and Well-Being Measures (OHMs). Together, LHIs and OHMs will help public health and healthcare professionals, businesses, policymakers, national organizations, and community leaders set priorities and track nationwide progress toward improving health and well-being. Many LHIs address the leading causes of death and disease in the United States — including drug overdoses.


Medicaid’s Role in Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment in the US

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The Milbank Memorial Fund recently released a primer that examines the policy levers available to improve access and quality of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery services. As the nation’s largest payer for SUD treatment and recovery services, Medicaid plays a significant role in shaping the delivery and reimbursement of such services not only for the program’s beneficiaries but more broadly for commercially insured and Medicare populations. Nationally, Medicaid covers nearly 40% of all individuals with an opioid use disorder. Medicaid plays an even larger role for high-risk populations with SUDs, including pregnant women and justice-involved persons who are disproportionally insured by Medicaid.


Survey to Assess Providers’ Experience with Overdose Deaths

The Provider Clinical Support System is requesting input for a survey that assesses provider preparedness and experience with patient drug overdose deaths. This survey is geared toward physicians, nurses, PAs, NPs, psychologists, social workers, counselors or other professions that provides direct client care. This information will be used to guide future training content.

To take the survey, click here.


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UPCOMING EVENTS

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2021 Opioid Prescribing and Abuse Webinar Series

In 2021, the Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) is introducing a new series of monthly live webinars on opioid prescribing and abuse. Each webinar, presented the second Thursday of each month at noon ET, counts toward the two hours of continuing medical education (CME) required to obtain or renew a Controlled Substances Registration in Indiana. These webinars are free for ISMA members. All webinars will be recorded and will be available to ISMA members at no charge on the ISMA Online app as a benefit of membership.

To register:
Jan. 14: Legislative and Legal Update (Stacy L. Cook, JD, LLM)

Feb. 11: Opioid Use in Palliative Care (Timothy J. Broach, MD)

March 11: Opioid Use in Hospice Care (Timothy J. Broach, MD)

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Partnering for Child Safety: Fatality Review Teams and State Title V Program

2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Jan. 14

In this webinar the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention will describe Child Death Review (CDR) and Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR), with a focus on data collection, and provide examples of how fatality review supports Title V work. Additionally, written guidance on how fatality review can support national performance measures on adolescent mental health, including youth suicide, infant safe sleep and smoking during pregnancy will be highlighted and distributed.

To register for this webinar, click here.

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