Getting Started: What You Need to Know About MAT
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is the standard of care for incarcerated individuals with opioid use disorder. To reduce legal liability, provide quality care, and prevent overdoses, administrative and health staff may begin exploring, starting, or expanding an MAT program. New regulations expanding the ability to prescribe buprenorphine are making MAT programs more of an expectation from the public and judiciary and more convenient than ever before.
This expert panel will provide an essential introduction to the provision of FDA-approved buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone in correctional environments, including a background on the use of each medication for MAT, evidence of effectiveness in correctional environments, varying regulatory restrictions, and the importance of continuity of care upon release.
Educational Objectives
• Review the opioid epidemic in the United States
• Summarize the three medications used for MAT, including regulatory restrictions
• Explore the effectiveness of MAT in corrections
Presenters:
Claire Wolfe, MA, MPH, CCHP, Program Manager, NCCHC Resources
Richard Forbus, CCHP, Vice President of Program Development, National Commission on Correctional Health Care
Robert Simon MEd, NCC, CCHP, Opioid Treatment Program Manager, National Commission on Correctional Health Care
Webinar Fee:
$65 ($55 for CCHPs), includes access to the power point presentation, the webinar recording and CE credit – 1.0 hour (60 minutes) for ACCME, ANCC, APA, and CCHP.
Continuing education credit 1.0 hour (60 minutes) available for:
Nurses: The National Commission on Correctional Health Care is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
NCCHC designates this educational activity for 1.0 contact hour (60 minutes). Nurses must attend the full program to claim CE credit.
Physicians: The National Commission on Correctional Health Care is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
NCCHC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Psychologists: The National Commission on Correctional Health Care is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. NCCHC maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This educational activity has been approved for up to 1.0 hours of credit (60 minutes) .
CCHPs: Certified Correctional Health Professionals may earn up to 1.0 contact hours (60 minutes) of Category I continuing education for recertification.
Social Workers, counselors and others: When evaluating the presentation, select the “General” category, print your certificate, and use it to report directly to your certifying board.
Disclosure Statement
In accordance with the disclosure policy of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, everyone who is in a position to control the educational content of the Getting Started: What You Need to Know About MAT webinar (including planners, speakers, and moderators) has been asked to disclose all relevant financial interests, all affiliations, or other financial relationships within 24 months (1) with the manufacturers of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in an educational presentation and (2) with any ineligible companies. Such disclosure is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but rather is elicited to provide information that attendees might deem important to their evaluation of an educational presentation. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to this activity. No individuals have disclosed a relevant financial relationship with any ineligible companies/commercial interests.
Financial Disclosure:
None of the speakers listed above have any financial relationships with ineligible companies/commercial interests to disclose.
NCCHC Education Committee
The NCCHC Education Committee members have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH, CCHP-CP (chair)
Patricia Blair, PhD, JD, CCHP-RN, CCHP-A (vice-chair)
Joel Andrade, PhD, LICSW, CCHP-MH
Sharen Barboza, PhD, CCHP-MH
Eileen Couture, DO, RN, CCHP-P
Todd Haiken, MPA, EMT, CCHP
Amy Jo Harzke, DrPH
Keith Ivens, MD
Michael Johnson, DDS, MPH
Susan Laffan, RN, CCHP-RN, CCHP-A
Tami Rodriguez, PharmD
Lori Roscoe, DNP, PhD, CCHP-RN
Samuel Soltis, PhD, MHA, CCHP
Staff Liaisons: Toyin Alaka, Kim Sterling, MBA, CAE