Medicaid's role in improving substance use disorder treatment in the US Donohue, Julie, author. Raslevich, Amy C., author. Cole, Evan, author. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.) Government Regulation Medicaid Role Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy As the nation's largest payer for substance use disorder treatment (SUD) and recovery services, Medicaid plays a significant role in shaping the delivery and reimbursement of such services not only for the program's beneficiaries but more broadly for commercially insured and Medicare populations. Nationally, Medicaid covers nearly 40% of all individuals with an opioid use disorder (OUD) and a greater share in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Medicaid plays an even larger role for high-risk populations with SUDs, including pregnant women and justice-involved persons who are disproportionally insured by Medicaid. State Medicaid programs influence SUD treatment and recovery systems in several different ways (Figure 1). This primer examines the policy levers available to improve access and quality of SUD treatment and recovery services. New York, NY : Milbank Memorial Fund, [2020] Milbank Memorial Fund, issuing body. Technical Report Text Illustrations 1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 pages, 1 unnumbered page)) nlm:nlmuid-9918350187606676-pdf 9918350187606676 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918350187606676 English United States Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0