MaineMAT

Maine Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Resource Mapping Project

Maine Medical Association is engaged in a statewide effort to expand the availability of Medication Assisted Treatment* for opioid use disorder. In order to share accurate information with patients and stakeholders, as well as fill gaps in regional treatment capacity, we are assisting in the development of a community resource map that accurately reflects MAT prescriber and addiction counselor capacity in every Maine county. The information we collect will be compiled and stored by the Maine Medical Association, and will be available in database and mapping formats to inform community planning and response efforts.

Your input is very important to us and to the thousands of Maine people with opioid use disorder and their families. The following survey will take less than 10 minutes. It is designed for current MAT prescribers and addiction counselors.

Thank you for helping us collect and confirm this important information.

*SAMSHA Definition: Medication-assisted treatment (MAT), including opioid treatment programs (OTPs), combines behavioral therapy and medications to treat substance use disorders. https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment

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* 1. Please confirm the following:

Name

Maine Clinical Licenses (MD, DO, CCS, LADC, etc.)

Practice Name

Office Address

County

Phone Number

Email Address

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* 2. Do you currently hold a DEA X-Waiver to prescribe buprenorphine?

YES

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* 3. If YES (you hold a DEA X-Waiver to prescribe buprenorphine), what is your current patient limit?

100

275

Other (please specify)

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* 4. How many patient slots does your practice have available for people who are uninsured or underinsured (people whose insurance doesn’t cover the medication and/or counseling) for MAT? If none, please enter 0 (zero).

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* 5. How many patients do you have today for whom you prescribe or counsel as part of a MAT practice? Please be as exact as possible, to the best of your knowledge. If none, please enter 0 (zero).

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* 6. How many patients would you be willing to add to your MAT panel in the next 3-6 months? If none, please enter 0 (zero).

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* 7. What would help you overcome barriers and add more patients to your MAT prescriber/counselor panel in the next 6-9 months? Check all that apply.

I do not have any barriers to adding patients

More potential clinical partners (prescribers or addiction counselors) serving our local community

Access to a regional or statewide network of clinicians to share problems, solutions, and best practices

Training and education for clinical staff on the opioid epidemic and evidence-based approaches

Training and education for office staff on the opioid epidemic and MAT-related workflows, policies, and protocols

Financial reimbursement for patients who are uninsured or underinsured

More referral resources for alternative treatments of chronic pain

More local referral resources for people in recovery, including peer mentoring, family supports, housing, employment, transportation

I am not interested or able to add new patients at this time, but would be willing to consider it again in 9-12 months

Other (please specify)

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* 8. If you currently partner/coordinate with one or more prescribers or addiction counselors to provide MAT, please help us learn more by sharing names, locations, relationships between practices, frequency of communications, and any other relevant structural considerations?

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* 9. If you are not already doing so, would you be interested in pairing/coordinating with one or more prescribers or addiction counselors to provide patients with best practice care?

YES

I already partner/coordinate to provide MAT

What barriers do you have, if any, to pairing with a prescriber or counselor?

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* 10. In terms of systems, describe how partnering/coordinating with prescribers or addiction counselors works best or could work best

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* 11. What barriers, if any, do you believe people with opioid use disorder in your county are facing in accessing MAT? (check all that apply)

Transportation

Child care

Not enough local MAT prescribers

Not enough local MAT counselors

Lack of information about available local resources

Inability to pay/lack of insurance coverage

Stigma regarding opioid use disorder among family, friends, employers, etc.

Stigma against MAT in the recovery community

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Do you have other suggestions for helping to expand access to MAT for people with opioid use disorder in your county?

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* 13. Would you be interested in joining a consortium of current or potential MAT prescribers/counselors in your county to share best practices, discuss community problems/solutions, expand collaborations, attain CME credits, etc.?

YES

I already belong to a county/regional consortium of MAT providers

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* 14. How often would you be willing to update your prescribing/counseling status via a 5-minute online survey in order to maintain the accuracy and effectiveness of your county’s MAT resource map?

Monthly

Quarterly

Annually

Ad hoc, when asked

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* 15. What else would you like to tell us?

Thank you very much for participating in this survey. You will be hearing more in the months to come about your county's resource map as well as opportunities for networking with other MAT prescribers and counselors in your region.

For more information about this survey and our ongoing efforts to expand the availability of MAT in Maine, contact Sue Kring at the Maine Medical Association: skring@mainemed.com

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