MONTHLY | January 2020
MACS provides support to Maryland prescribers and their practices in addressing the needs of their patients with substance use disorders and chronic pain management.
1-855-337-MACS (6227) |  www.marylandMACS.org  |  tsommer@som.umaryland.edu
New year, new MACS!
Updates on our program expansion
MACS is offering an expanded array of services in addition to warmline consultation, training, and resource and referral assistance. MACS now provides free individualized technical assistance and capacity building to prescribers and their practices across Maryland.

  • Our team of expert addiction consultants support organizations as they implement, expand, and improve their office-based addiction treatment services.
  • MACS provides a broad range of approaches through a blend of onsite and web-based services that can be tailored to the needs of each practice.
  • MACS will be launching Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) in March 2020. Project ECHO helps democratize medical knowledge and develops specialty care capacity in underserved communities.
  • Using a revolutionary model of telementoring, collaborative medical education and care management, Project ECHO empowers front-line primary care professionals to provide the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
  • Each TeleECHO clinic will offer free continuing education credits.

To request technical assistance services or learn more about Project ECHO please call MACS at 1-855-337-MACS (6227).
We are seeking a Nurse Practitioner who will provide consultation, training, and technical assistance for prescribers and practices across Maryland in the implementation of office-based buprenorphine prescribing.

Stay tuned via our website and social media for new openings!
News.
State-Targeted Funding and Technical Assistance to Increase Access to Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

MACS now offers technical assistance and capacity building to prescribers and their practices across Maryland. This study looked at how technical assistance can help increase access to effective medications for opioid use disorder.
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes):

A New Model for Educating Primary Care Providers About Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
In March 2020, MACS will be launching Project ECHO. This review examined how Project ECHO can help address SUDs in traditionally underserved areas. Read more...

ECHO Documentary: "Project ECHO: A Democracy of Knowledge"
A documentary film by Ben Daitz and Ned Judge detailing the beginning of Project ECHO and the global movement it has become. Watch documentary...

A Revolutionary Model for Expanding Access to Specialized Care
A 5 minute overview:
On the Record: Accessing Healthcare In Rural Maryland

Dr. Eric Weintraub and the  University of Maryland School of Medicine 's psychiatry team have been working hard to make sure underserved Marylanders who need treatment for substance use disorders have access by supporting prescribers as MACS consultants, providing telepsychiatry services in rural regions, and other state initiatives. Learn more about efforts to expand access to healthcare in rural Maryland on this episode of On the Record.
HOLIDAYS | The MACS line will be closed:
January 20 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February 17 - President's Day
January Awareness Campaigns
Birth Defects Prevention Month
Education.
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Buprenorphine Master Class: Managing Opioid Use Disorder for the Generalist
Get comfortable with counseling and pharmacotherapy for opioid use disorder with tips from MACS Consultant, Dr. Michael Fingerhood. Listen to the latest episode of T he Curbsiders , a CME podcast accredited by ACP.
Recorded webinar: Coordinating Addiction Treatment in Medical Settings
Presented by MACS Consultant, Aaron Greenblatt, MD on 12/18/2019.
Save the Date! Next MACS webinar:
February 14, 2020 | 1 - 2 pm

Presented by MACS Consultant, Yngvild Olsen, MD, MPH

Stay tuned for details.
Half and Half MAT Webinar Waiver Training
January 11, 2020 | 8 am
Free webinar-based waiver training to prescribe buprenorphine. The first half of the training is a 4.25-hour live webcast. The second half of the course is a 3.75-hour computer-based study. Hosted by the American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine.
Resources.
New SAMHSA Publications
Preventing the Use of Marijuana: Focus on Women and Pregnancy
Substance Misuse Prevention for Young Adults Learn more...