FEI supports data reporting and management with comprehensive solutions
The substance use and addiction epidemic continues to impact every corner of the United States, reaching communities and devastating families in record numbers. It’s estimated that more than 20 million people suffer from substance use disorder nationwide, and more than 100,000 people lost their lives to a drug-related overdose in 2021 – the most in any calendar year to date.
In response, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently announced the third State Opioid Response (SOR) grant available to all U.S. states and territories.
The program – approximately $1.5 billion in funding – is meant to support increased access to medication-assisted treatment, reduce unmet treatment needs and reinforce prevention and recovery initiatives. SAMHSA initiatives have continued to support increased access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid abuse, which include medications such as methadone and buprenorphine.
An Ongoing Crisis
The SOR announcement comes on the heels of two additional grant programs that are part of the Biden administration’s plan to address the substance use crises in the country. The two grant programs, totaling $25.6 million, will expand access to medication-assisted treatment and increase efforts to prevent the misuse of prescription drugs. The Medication-Assisted Treatment – Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction and Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs grants were available starting on March 15. Late last year, SAMHSA also released the Harm Reduction Grant for substance use prevention initiatives.
The U.S. saw a record number of overdose-related deaths in the 2021 calendar year, totaling more than 100,000. According to the CDC, nearly 500,000 lost their lives from an overdose involving an opioid between 1999 and 2019. Experts point to illicit fentanyl – a synthetic opioid about 50 times more potent than heroin – and lethal combinations of drugs as the primary reasons for the stark rise in overdose-related deaths.
Streamlining Data Management and Reporting
FEI Systems has a long history of providing support to states for SAMHSA grant data collection, including block grant and SPARS requirements. Our team of health information technology experts designs and implements solutions that simplify data collection and reporting and program management for behavioral health initiatives, like substance use disorder treatment and prevention programs.
With FEI’s Blue Compass suite of information technology solutions, which includes a comprehensive behavioral health platform, our partners can set nightly uploads of completed Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) data into SAMHSA’s Performance Accountability and Reporting System (SPARS), track programs and have more time for analysis of substance use and addiction program management.
FEI’s Blue Compass behavioral health care management and data reporting platform that can help you:
- Streamline client care management and data collection
- Simplify the management of grant funding, allowing you to see all services provided and monitor the burn rate of grant spending
- Monitor your SOR3 provider network and grant compliance to meet SAMHSA requirements
- Implement innovative data collection and reporting solutions
- Connect with other states for ideas and sustainability studies
Our Blue Compass behavioral health solutions – previously known as our integrated Web Infrastructure for Treatment Services (WITS) system – is currently used by 17 states and territories for the SAMHSA grant data collection, including block grant and SPARS requirements. With our solutions, our partners can focus energy on ensuring program participants are getting what they need for treatment and recovery, and less on required data management and reporting.
Enhancing Delivery of Care with Health IT
For more than 20 years, FEI Systems has successfully demonstrated our commitment to assisting state and county agencies in the coordination and delivery of barrier-free, person-centered care that promotes optimal health and well-being for all people, especially vulnerable populations. Our Blue Compass Behavioral Health Case Management solution is a powerful, shared-source case management and data reporting platform that allows state and county agencies to share ideas, data and resources in a cost-effective way.
We partner with more than 30 state and county agencies using this modular platform for behavioral health treatment and prevention, billing and funds management, problem solving court management, juvenile justice monitoring, or assessments and case management.
Modules include:
- Electronic Health Record
- Federal grant management
- Standardized assessments, such as the ASAM CONTINUUM
- Integration with specialty courts
- Mobile crisis programs
- Prevention, treatment, and recovery
- Re-entry planning and case management
- Timeliness of care tracking
- Waitlist and bed management
The Blue Compass suite of solutions also includes ancillary services that can be integrated with the care management platforms, or directly with a state’s IT ecosystem, including a data management module that out of the box, includes provides robust cloud-based reporting and data visualization through Microsoft’s Power BI. FEI’s Blue Compass data management module provides a centralized repository and reporting system for the collection, aggregation, reporting and analysis on key data, essential to improving programs and policies, in order to provide better outcomes for the clients served.
