Final Conference Program - aatod

presented will include neonatal and maternal drug use treatment
and delivery outcomes. The workshop will conclude with a discussion
of the historical importance and far-reaching clinical practice and
health-policy implications of these data.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit approved.
A3 New York’s Outpatient Transformation:
Integrated OTP & General Treatment
Continental B
Belinda Greenfield, PhD, NYS Office of Alcoholism & Substance
Abuse Services (OASAS), New York, NY
Ira Marion, MA, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM),
Bronx, NY
Deborah Egel, Esq., NYS Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse
Services (OASAS), New York, NY
New York’s “Transforming Out-Patient Services” (TOPS) intends to
integrate opioid and general addiction treatment offering one
continuum of outpatient care. Services under this model include
pharmacological options, behavioral therapy approaches, and
recovery-oriented / patient-centered care, along with other wrap
around services, all within a single clinic setting. The historical
underpinnings of this model and NYS' Methadone Transformation
efforts will be presented along with the current regulatory, fiscal,
clinical, and certification challenges, as New York prepares for
Health Care Reform. TOPS as a new integrated delivery strategy,
with applicability to accountable care organizations (ACOs) and
medical homes will also be described together with implications for
National health care reform initiatives.
Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration, Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment (SAMHSA/CSAT).
A4 Low-Intensity Treatment Strategies:
Maximizing Treatment Retention
International South
Robert P. Schwartz, MD, Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD
Donald A. Calsyn, PhD, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Shannon Gwin Mitchell, PhD, Friends Research Institute,
Baltimore, MD
Decades of research on medicated assisted opioid treatment
programs (OTPs) have consistently found that patients remaining in
treatment have superior outcomes in terms of substance use, arrests
and incarceration, employment and physical health as compared to
those who leave treatment. Patients leave treatment both voluntarily
and involuntarily. In this workshop, findings from several studies will
be presented that provide practical strategies that could be implemented
in OTPs to reduce both voluntary and involuntary treatment
terminations. Strategies include interim methadone, alternatives to
administrative discharge, and strategies to improve tapering
attempts by stable patients.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit approved.
A5 Integrating a Peer to Peer Recovery Oriented
System of Care (ROSC) into MAT
Continental C
Joycelyn Woods, CMA, National Alliance of Medication Assisted
Recovery, New York, NY
Walter Ginter, CMA, MARS Project (a NAMA Recovery project),
Bronx, NY
OTPs have changed from the early model that included a Peer to
Peer component and an array of comprehensive services. A Recovery
Oriented System of Care (ROSC) is a comprehensive array of services
that are person-centered and a self-directed approach to treatment
and recovery. Peer to Peer services improve patient self-esteem
and work in a positive way so patients set goals and see themselves
as capable. ROSCs build on personal responsibility, patient strength,
and resilience of individuals, family support and communities to
achieve sustained health, wellness and recovery. This workshop will
provide clinics with the tools to understand and identify a ROSC and
understand the significance of Peer to Peer services.
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
HOT TOPIC ROUNDTABLES
Hot Topic Roundtables are facilitated discussions that focus on
current controversial issues in an informal context. Meet with your
colleagues as you learn, challenge, support and share your views
with others who may have similar or different opinions, experiences
or interests. Engage in one or more of these facilitated discussions.
Experienced leaders in the field will be facilitating these sessions:
• Methadone and the Prolonged QT Interval
Continental B
Facilitator: Craig Showalter, MD
• US–Mexican Border Issues
Continental C
Facilitator: Megan Marx, MPH
• Cannabis Use in MAT
Lake Ontario, 8th Floor
Facilitator: Bettye Harrison
• Solutions to Administrative
Lake Michigan, 8th Floor
Discharge for Financial Reasons
Facilitator: Walter Ginter, CMA
• Benzodiazepines & Admission to OTPs Lake Huron, 8th Floor
Facilitator: Jason Kletter, PhD
• Methadone Related Drug Deaths
Lake Erie, 8th Floor
and Policy Implications
Facilitator: Ron Jackson, MSW
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
#1 Nutrition in OTP
International South
Karen Lazarus, MD, Beth Israel Medical Center Methadone
Maintenance Treatment Program, New York, NY
Many patients in opioid treatment programs are at risk for nutrition
related diseases. Identifying and addressing malnutrition or nutritional
risk enables us to help our patients enhance their health and
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