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Past Events from April 14, 2021 – June 16, 2021 – Page 19 – Northern New Jersey MAT Center of Excellence Past Events from April 14, 2021 – June 16, 2021 – Page 19 – Northern New Jersey MAT Center of Excellence

QIP-NJ Introductory Webinar

Virtual

The Dept. of Health will be hosting a QIP-NJ introductory webinar. QIP-NJ is a pay-for-performance Medicaid program that is intended to improve behavioral and maternal health in acute care hospitals in the state. Behavioral health includes improving the health outcomes of those with substance use disorders. The primary focus of this initiative is to establish … Read More

MAT Lunch Hour: Hepatitis Management in SUD

Virtual

MAT Lunch Hours are open forums featuring guest speakers to discuss medication-assisted treatment (MAT) issues and an opportunity to network! Dr. Amesika Nyaku, an infectious disease physician and co-director of the Northern NJ MAT Center of Excellence, will be talking about hepatitis management in patients with co-morbid substance use disorders. This is an area of focus for the goal … Read More

2-Hour CE Event: Buprenorphine Prescribing Webinar

Join the NJ MAT Centers of Excellence for a free two-hour CME training focused on the how and why of buprenorphine prescribing and practice implementation. The live session will be held on Zoom on Thursday, June 10, 2021 from 5–7pm. Given the recent release of HHS’ new practice guidelines regarding buprenorphine treatment for opioid use … Read More

SUD ECHO Program: Case-Based Application – Alternative Buprenorphine Induction Strategies

The COEs are leading biweekly, interactive virtual educational sessions on MAT and continuous quality improvement topics. Register below for the ECHO series and to receive free CE credits. Next ECHO Session: Friday, June 11th, 12pm-1pm.  This session will apply the information on recent strategies to induct patients on buprenorphine during the age of fentanyl to … Read More

Navigator Support Event

Virtual

Hosted by the Camden Coalition, Navigator Support Events are ongoing opportunity occurring every two months for OBAT navigators to continue learning through de-identified patient cases, discussion of patient engagement strategies, and sharing of updated resources about relatives topics. This is similar to the MAT Lunch Hours but specific for patient navigators. These will be held … Read More