Download MEDICATION UNIT PRESENTATION HOLLY BROCE, MHA, CADC Pinnacle Treatment Centers

MEDICATION UNIT
PRESENTATION
HOLLY BROCE, MHA, CADC
Pinnacle Treatment Centers
Where Do I Start?
CSAT SMA 162 Application for
Medication Unit
 DEA Application for New Registration
Number
 State Regulations and Requirements
908 KAR 1:340 Section 18 for
Kentucky
Discussion with your SOTA

Kentucky NTP Regulations
Medication Unit Facility must
be within 45-90 miles of Main
Clinic
 Medication should be obtained
from the Main Clinic

Drug Enforcement Administration

Medication Unit must meet same
requirements as a full clinic
Narcotic Safe
Diversion Control Practices
DEA Registration Number
CSAT

SMA 162 application is done online through
OTP extranet site
 Attachment
 “This
Letters:
location will open only as a medication unit
and will only administer medication and collection
drug screen samples. At this time there will be no
counseling or admission services at this facility.”
 “This location will be managed by the Program
Sponsor. As Program Sponsor, I affirm that I have
oversight of patient care at both the main site and
med unit location.”
Inspections
SOTA (State Opiate Treatment
Administrator)
 DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)
 CARF-Accreditation (Joint Commission,
etc)
 Inform CARF of the medication unit and
it will be surveyed along with the main
clinic
 All Health and Safety Items Apply

Current Kentucky Medication Units

Center for Behavioral Health
 Elizabethtown,
 Bowling

KY (Main Clinic)
Green, KY
Pinnacle Treatment Centers
 NKY
Med Clinic (Main Clinic)
 Georgetown,
KY
 Carrollton, KY
 Maysville, KY
 Western
KY Medical (Main Clinic)
 Owensboro,
KY
Why Medication Units?
Kentucky has 120 counties, most of
which are rural

Kentucky regulations require daily
attendance for longer than other states

Ease of Access for patients ******

Ease of Access
MAT Goals:
Patients to
Work
Patients to
re-enter
Society
Patients to
care for
families
Patients to
become
financially
stable
Driving two-four hours
a day interrupts
normal life and does
the opposite of what
we want MAT to do.
Summary: Access Increased
Med
Units in
KY
increased
treatment
options
by 28%
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Before Med
Units
After Med
Units