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Strategy Description: Expand Access to Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)

Strategy: Expand Access to Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT), including opioid treatment programs (OTPs), combines behavioral therapy and medications to treat substance use disorders. Information on medications used in MAT can be found further down on this page. Click here to read more. 
Click the purple expandable headers below to view the activities occurring within MiHIA's 14-counties. Counties not listed indicate activities are not occurring, or information has not yet been collected.
If you and or your organization are implementing services and or activities aligning with this strategy, we ask that you share information about the services, interventions, initiatives, and or actions by completing the form linked below: 
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Increase Health Professionals' Ability to Prescribe Buprenorphine

MICHIGAN / MiHIA REGION
ARENAC
BAY
CLARE
GLADWIN
GRATIOT
HURON
ISABELLA
MIDLAND
OGEMAW
  • Northern Michigan Regional Entity– Sara Sircely (800-834-3393, ssircely@nmre.org),
ROSCOMMON
SAGINAW
TUSCOLA

Eliminate Insurance Company Prior Authorization for MAT

Improve Access to Naltrexone Related Treatment Approaches

MICHIGAN / MIHIA REGION
ARENAC
BAY
CLARE
GLADWIN
GRATIOT
HURON
IOSCO
ISABELLA
  • Community Mental Health for Central Michigan - Deana Mason (989-631-2320; dmason@cmhcm.org)
  • Isabella County Sheriff - Michael Main (989-779-3301; isabellasheriff@isabellacounty.org)
  • Mid-State Health Network - Rebecca Emmenecker (PHONE, eebecca.emmenecker@midstatehealthnetwork.org)
  • Recovery Pathways, LLC – Kimber Deblak (989-928-3566, debelakk@gmail.com)
  • Saginaw Psychological Services, Inc. (SPSI) - Amy Hayes MA, LPC, CAADC (989-799-2100, ahayes@sagpsych.com)
MIDLAND
OGEMAW
ROSCOMMON
SAGINAW
TUSCOLA

Improve Public Understanding of the Value of MAT

MICHIGAN/MiHIA REGION
ARENAC
BAY
CLARE
GLADWIN
GRATIOT
  • Gratiot Integrated Health Network - 608 Wright Avenue, Alma, MI 48801 (989-463-4971)
HURON
IOSCO
ISABELLA
MIDLAND
OGEMAW
ROSCOMMON
SAGINAW
TUSCOLA

Enhance the Treatement that is Included in MAT

MICHIGAN/MiHIA REGION
ARENAC
BAY
CLARE
GLADWIN
GRATIOT
HURON
IOSCO
ISABELLA
  • Community Mental Health for Central Michigan - Deana Mason (989-631-2320; dmason@cmhcm.org)
  • Isabella County Sheriff - Michael Main (989-779-3301; isabellasheriff@isabellacounty.org)
  • MidMichigan Health - Kathy Dollard (989-839-3187, kathy.dollard@midmichigan.org)
  • Mid-State Health Network - Rebecca Emmenecker (PHONE, eebecca.emmenecker@midstatehealthnetwork.org)
  • Partners in Change: Psychological & Community Services, PLC - Ann L. Date, Psy.D. LP (989-832-2165; aldate@midmichpsych.com)
  • Recovery Pathways, LLC – Kimber Deblak (989-928-3566, debelakk@gmail.com)
  • Saginaw Psychological Services, Inc. (SPSI) - Amy Hayes MA, LPC, CAADC (989-799-2100, ahayes@sagpsych.com)
MIDLAND
OGEMAW
ROSCOMMON
SAGINAW
TUSCOLA

Increase and Optimally Allocate more Funding for MAT

MICHIGAN / MiHIA REGION
ARENAC
BAY
CLARE
GLADWIN
GRATIOT
  • Gratiot Integrated Health Network - 608 Wright Avenue, Alma, MI 48801 (989-463-4971)
HURON
ISABELLA
MIDLAND
ROSCOMMON
SAGINAW
TUSCOLA

Improve Use of Methadone Maintenance

MICHIGAN / MIHIA REGION
  • MDHHS Office of Recovery Oriented Systems of Care – Lisa Miller (517-241-1216, MillerL12@michigan.gov)
BAY
GLADWIN
ISABELLA
MIDLAND
OGEMAW
ROSCOMMON
 

Minimize the Influence of Investor Profit Maximization in Treatment Programs

Advance & Research New Options for Enhanced MAT

ARENAC
BAY
CLARE
GLADWIN
GRATIOT
HURON
ISABELLA
MIDLAND
ROSCOMMON
SAGINAW
TUSCOLA

Accelerate the Development of New MAT Approaches

Michigan Health Improvement Alliance