Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Data Book

Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the first annual Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Data Book pursuant to Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act (P.L. 115-271). This is a publicly available compendium of the number of Medicaid beneficiaries with a SUD and the services they received compiled using Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS). This report contains data on SUD diagnosis, enrollment type, and treatment service utilization with national and state level summaries. This information is useful to states and also other entities interested in SUD data. By cataloging the prevalence of SUD in the Medicaid beneficiary population and services provided for the treatment of SUD under Medicaid, the SUD Data Book was developed to address the pressing need for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and prevention services, with a focus on opioid use. It provides data in tabular form for calendar year 2017, which is the most recent complete year of T-MSIS enrollment and claims data available at the time the analysis was conducted. An online tool will be available on Medicaid.gov soon as well.

• Substance Use Disorder Data Book