Performance Measurement for Opioid Use Disorder Medication Treatment and Care Retention

In April 2022, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced five core priorities for the upcoming year, including overdose prevention and performance measurement.Performance measurement has lagged in the behavioral health field, especially for opioid use disorder (OUD) (1), compared with other areas of medicine (2).The Health Effectiveness and Data Information Set (HEDIS) quality measures for substance use disorders (3) adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services