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HMA Prepares Report Describing Strategies to Increase MAT Prescribing

Association for Community Affiliated Plans

Senior Consultant Julia Elitzer
Managing Principal Jonathan Freedman
Senior Consultant Mary Russell
Managing Principal Margaret Tatar

Senior Consultant Julia ElitzerManaging Principal Jonathan FreedmanSenior Consultant Mary Russell, and Managing Principal Margaret Tatar recently prepared the report “Strategies to Increase MAT Prescribing,” for the Association of Community Affiliated Plans through a grant from the Open Society Foundations.

The report examines how to address opioid use disorder through the promotion of medication-assisted treatment (MAT). MAT is an approach that combines behavioral therapy and the administration of three medications – methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone – to treat addiction.

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