This project will develop and test quality measures for and a facilitation model to help addictions treatment clinics increase use of medicines for opioid use disorders, retain clients longer in care, and help more people move into successful recovery. At the end of the project, we will have developed specific training and coaching protocols as well as electronic clinical support tools to guide quality improvement that can be disseminated within New York and the rest of the country.

The study will test a clinic-level intervention that uses external facilitators to provide guidance to addictions clinics and contain three key components: 1) training on data driven management; 2) training and guidance on patient-centered care and OUD medication; and 3) electronic tools for shared decision making and patient progress monitoring.

There will be 4 sources of data examined in this study: 3 at the patient level and 1 at the staff level. The sources of patient data include: 1) State administrative data from all clients receiving treatment at the enrolled clinics (~7,950); 2) a subsample (1,200) who will be recruited directly from the clinics to complete patient-reported outcome assessments, and 3) treatment progress data for clients will also be collected.

For our administrative source of data, a final study population of approximately 7,950 individuals who are receiving treatment in the 30 enrolled outpatient treatment clinics for OUD is anticipated. Clinics will be located in the New York City metropolitan region (including Nassau, Westchester, and Rockland counties) and the Capital Region (including Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Montgomery, Schenectady, and Schoharie counties). Staff at each enrolled clinic will also be interviewed and surveyed.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Substance use disorder clinics in the regions surrounding New York City and the New York Capital Region with annual census of 50 or greater.
• All staff and patients from participating clinics will be eligible to participate in the study.
• Inclusion in the analyses using administrative data will be limited to those enrolled in Medicaid and not co-insured with Medicare (individuals ages greater than 64 and those with Federally determined disability).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are not working/being treated at substance use disorder clinics with less than 50 clients per year.

Individual participant data that underlie the results reported in this article resulting from surveys only, after deidentification (text, tables, figures, and appendices), will be available. Client outcome data from State administrative data files will not be available for sharing due to the nature of the data security agreements.

Beginning 9 months and ending 36 months following article publication or as required by a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.

The investigator who proposed to use the data upon reasonable request. Requests should be directed to Charles.Neighbors@nyulangone.org. To gain access, data requestors will need to sign a data access agreement.