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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
Support for Frontline Workers During COVID-19 Virtual Office Hour...

OASAS is pleased to be working with the Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care to provide a follow-up session to the virtual office hours we offered...
Health Alerts
OMH/OASAS Guidance to Article 31/32 Providers Regarding Educating...

Guidance regarding COVID-19 education of clients and vaccination reporting status in OMH/OASAS faciltiies.
Health Alerts, Infection Control
OASAS Guidance for SARS-CoV-2 POC Antigen Testing for Inpatient a...

This guidance provides information on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) POC Ag testing for New York State (NYS) Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) licensed, funded, and...
Medical Advisory Panel, Opioid Use Disorder
Medication Maintenance for Opioid Use Disorder

Guidance and best practices for long-term maintenance with medications for patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) from the OASAS Medical Advisory Panel.
State and Local
Guidance on Limitations on Participant Work Activities

Guidance addressing the appropriateness of OASAS program participants who become involved in work activities that are not directly related to their treatment and rehabilitation.