Medication in Opioid Courts: Reducing Overdose Through Triage in Court Settings

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Medication in Opioid Courts: Reducing Overdose Through Triage in Court Settings

Recorded: Thursday, March 31, 2022 - Sunday, April 3, 2022
On-Demand Session

Overview

This 1-hour, on-demand session from the ASAM 53rd Annual Conference identifies ways for opioid courts and other drug treatment courts to improve access to MOUD.

Opioid treatment courts offer immediate access to medication, as well as intense supervision and support to people with criminal justice involvement. This session focuses on how to promptly identify opiod use disorder (OUD), provide access to services, prescribe medications for treatment of opioid use disorder (MOUD), and engage people in specialty care treatment by sharing lessons from court practitioners and their partners, including recovery support services and peer advocates. While opioid treatment courts save lives, they have also faced barriers. Recent innovations were developed during the COVID-19 pandemic that could make it easier to connect patients to MOUD. These innovations are explored in this session, including how to engage practitioners who prescribe MOUD.

The target audience for this Intermediate level session includes physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, other clinicians, researchers, residents, fellows, students, and counselors.

This session addresses the following ACGME Competencies: Patient Care and Procedural Skills.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion, learners will be able to:

  1. The identify six approaches to offer patients the best chance of recovery and favorable criminal justice outcomes through immediate screening and treatment techniques.
  2. The identify ways to develop models of collaborative care that integrates and prioritizes patients at high risk of overdose.
  3. Understand the need to secure sufficient reimbursements for services through the use of innovative business models.

Registration Rates

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ASAM Member$29
Non-Member$39
Associate Member$19
Resident Member*$19
Student Member*$19

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Registration Deadline: 05/01/2025

Course Instructions

  1. Click on the Contents tab to watch the on-demand recording.
  2. Click Complete Post Test to answer multiple choice questions. Participants will have 10 attempts to pass and must answer 2 out of 3 questions correctly.
  3. Click Complete Evaluation to provide valuable activity feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
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Jo Ann Ferdinand

Esq

Judge Jo Ann Ferdinand served as a Judge of the New York State Supreme Court for 30 years, 20 as the Presiding Judge of the Brooklyn Treatment Cort. BTC was the first drug treatment court in the City of New York and the model for those which followed around the State. After her retirment she becam President of The Joseph LeRoy and Ann C Warner Fund, a nonprofit fondation which supports programming by organizations providing meaningful services to children with disabilities and children in foster care.
Judge Ferdinand established the Brooklyn Treatment Court in 1996 in response to the over incarceration of non-violent defendats whose crimes were committed to support their ow substance abuse disorders. She granted over 6,500 individuals the opporltunity to resolve their felony charges by enrolling in court supervised substance abuse treatment and rewarded those who successfully completed their mandate with the dismissal of all charges. The Court achieved a notable reduction of recidivism to less than ten percent. During her tenure the court expanded to provide alternatives to incarceration for veterans, young adult marijuana users and DWI offenders. The court was known for its innovative practices working with persons with mental health and trauma ssues and was a pioneer in the use of medications for those with opioid use disorder.
Judge Ferdinand earned a B.S. from Cornell University and J.D. from New York University School of Law. She was President of the New York State Association of Treatment Court Professionals for two terms. She has lectured on many topics including trauma informed care, procedual fairness and best practice standards. She was inducted into the National Association of Drug Court Proessionals Hall of Fame in recognition of her role as a pioneer in the field and her contribution to changing the lives of thosands of criminal defendats

Charles Morgan

MD, FASAM, FAAFP, DABAM

Charles W. Morgan, MD is Medical Director Emeritus for Seabrook House, Inc. in Seabrook, New Jersey, having previoiusly served as Medical Director. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine, and a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He has for over three decades specialized in Addiction Medicine, and has expertise in all levels of care including inpatient, outpatient and residential treatment and has served on national, regional and local expert panels, and is versed in the use of medications and non medication approaches to helping patients. Throughout his career he has taught medical and treatment professionals from all over the US and several other countries. Hr currently works with Residents of the Family Medicine Program at the University of Rochester, and has been recognized for his teaching by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr, Morgan is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He did his graduate work in Human Genetics at Cornell University, his residency training in Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology in Rochester, New York and at the University of Pennsylvania, and his Fellowship training in anesthesiology and Addiction Medicine respectively at the University of Pennsylvania and Willingway Hospital in Georgia. While at the University of Rochester, he did work in Evolutionary Biology. Currently Dr. Morgan is also Medical Director of the John L. Norris Addiction Treatment Center in Rochester, New York, and Acting Medical Director of the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.

Dennis Reilly

Esq

Dennis A. Reilly Esq. is the Statewide Drug Court Coordinator for the New York Unified Court System’s Division of Policy and Planning. Previously, Mr. Reilly served as Project Director at the National Drug Court Institute where he co-authored the Drug Court Planning Initiative (DCPI) and as the Director of Operations for Treatment Court Programs at the Center for Court Innovation. Prior to joining the New York Unified Court System, Mr. Reilly worked for the Connecticut Judicial Branch as a Special Deputy Sheriff, Trial Court Clerk, Pretrial Services Officer, Supervision Officer, and Court Planner, and was a founding team member of Connecticut’s first three drug courts. Mr. Reilly served as Director of the Brooklyn Treatment Court and the Problem-Solving Courts Coordinator for the Kings Supreme Court. Mr. Reilly is a Reclaiming Futures National Fellow, and has served as an expert consultant to the National Drug Court Institute, the Justice Management Institute, the American University Drug Courts Program Office, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at SAMHSA. Mr. Reilly, is a graduate of the University of Connecticut’s School of Administration and Management, the University of Denver College of Law and the University of Amsterdam School for Executive Development in International Relations.

CME, CE, CEU and Other Credit Types

ACCME Accredited with Commendation

ACCME Accreditation Statement
The American Society of Addiction Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American Society of Addiction Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
This activity has been approved by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #295, ASAM is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

California Association for Drug/Alcohol Educators (CAADE)
This educational program is approved by CAADE: #CP40 999 1222.

California Association of DUI Treatment Centers (CADTP)
This educational program is approved by CADTP: #205.

California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP)
This educational program is approved by CCAPP: #OS-20-330-1222.

Continuing Education Credits (CEUs)
Non-physician participants will receive a certificate of attendance upon completion of the activity and an online evaluation confirming their participation. Participants should submit his/her certificate of attendance to their professional organization/institute.


Maintenance of Certification (MOC) or Continuing Certification Programs (CCP)

American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
Through the American Board of Medical Specialties (“ABMS”) ongoing commitment to increase access to practice relevant Continuing Certification Activities through the ABMS Continuing Certification Directory, The ASAM 53rd Annual Conference has met the requirements as a MOC Part II CME Activity (apply toward general CME requirement) for the following ABMS Member Boards: Allergy and Immunology, Anesthesiology, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Family Medicine, Medical Genetics and Genomics, Nuclear Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Plastic Surgery, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry and Neurology, Radiology, Thoracic Surgery, Urology

American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM)
The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) has approved this activity for a maximum of 1 credit towards ABPM MOC Part II requirements.

American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA)
This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology TM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®.

American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn a maximum of 1 MOC point in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1 Medical Knowledge MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credits.

American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and/or Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
Successful completion of this CME activity can be used to satisfy the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology’s (ABPN) CME requirement for Maintenance of Certification program. 

American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM)
Successful completion of this activity can be used to satisfy the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) Tmoc credit requirements.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
Royal College Fellows can use participation in Accredited Continuing Medical Education to earn Section 3 Credits.


Disclosure Information

In accordance with disclosure policies of ASAM and the ACCME, the effort is made to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all CME activities. These policies include mitigating all possible relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for the Planning Committees and Presenters. All activity Planning Committee members and Faculty have disclosed relevant financial relationship information. The ASAM CME Committee has reviewed these disclosures and determined that the relationships are not inappropriate in the context of their respective presentations and are not inconsistent with the educational goals and integrity of the activity.

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Open to view video. Video is approximately 1 hour long. Recorded between 03/31/22 - 04/03/22.
Complete Post Test
3 Questions  |  10 attempts  |  2/3 points to pass
3 Questions  |  10 attempts  |  2/3 points to pass This post test has 3 questions and requires 2 out of 3 to pass the quiz.
Complete Evaluation
19 Questions
19 Questions Scroll down on evaluation, there may be questions that expand past the size of the window.
Claim Credits & Certificate
Up to 1.00 medical credits available  |  Certificate available
Up to 1.00 medical credits available  |  Certificate available Attendees should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.