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Recent Guidance on COVID-19 for Behavioral Health Programs

Health alerts and medication-assisted treatment best practices for staff, clinicians, and nurses working in OASAS settings.
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Addiction Medicine is the medical management of the disease of addiction in conjunction with substance use disorder treatment to enhance treatment retention, support successful outcomes and promote ongoing, long-term recovery. The historical understanding of successful addiction recovery has been attaining and maintaining complete abstinence from all mood-altering substances, including prescribed medications. As our knowledge of the physiological effects of addiction and brain chemistry has increased and the development of addiction medications expanded, our understanding of successful recovery has changed.

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Service Laboratories
OASAS providers performing on-site laboratory testing or interested in performing on-site laboratory testing (e.g. fingerstick glucose, urine pregnancy, dipstick urinalysis, breath alcohol) must obtain approval from the Department of Health’s Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program.

Medications Treatment of Use Disorders

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Health Alerts, Infection Control
Health Advisory: Specimen Collection and Handling - COVID-19

A NYS DOH update on specimen collection and handling to include nasal swab and oropharyngeal swab specimen alternative amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Health Alerts, Medication-Assisted Treatment
COVID-19 FAQs for Opioid Treatment Programs

Frequently asked questions and recommendations to support Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) operating in the wake of the evolving COVID-19 situation in New York State.
Health Alerts
Prevention Services via Telepractice

Certified/funded prevention programs are permitted to provide telepractice services (telephonically and/or audiovisually) if a school district or building closes in relation to the COVID-19 emergency.