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Vantage Clinical Consulting LLC (VCC) specializes in providing tailored business strategies for Outpatient Opioid Treatment Practices, ensuring their success while accommodating the demands of their busy schedules.

Confident in our expertise, we offer comprehensive assistance to initiate, streamline, or expand Opioid Treatment businesses, thereby enabling greater community impact.

The Hidden Barrier to ED-Initiated Buprenorphine: It’s Not Protocol, It’s Culture

By Jamelia Hand MHS CADC CODP I Let’s imagine a patient named Maria arrives at the local ED in severe opioid withdrawal. She’s trembling,...

Vantage Policy Watch Week of July 21, 2025

Federal Layoffs at HHS Begin: Ripple Effects for Mental Health and Substance Use Care By Jamelia Hand MHS CADC CODP I 📍Context & Timing...

Vantage Policy Watch: Week of July 14, 2025

Deepening Federal Restructuring & SAMHSA Funding Turmoil This week, the ongoing HHS reorganization under Executive Order 14210 and the...

Vantage Policy Watch: Week of July 7, 2025

Welcome to the first edition of “Vantage Policy Watch” , your weekly update on executive-level decisions and federal actions shaping the...

WISeR Isn’t Here Yet, But Behavioral Health Providers Can’t Wait

What CMS’s New AI-Driven Prior Authorization Model Could Mean for Mental Health & SUD Treatment By Jamelia Hand MHS CADC CODP I CMS’s...

AI in Substance Use Treatment: Promise, Progress, and Some Pitfalls

What’s real, what’s hype, and what providers need to know right now. By Jamelia Hand MHS CADC CODP I “We haven’t rolled it out yet, we’re...

Care Reimagined: Illinois Launches NEW Unified Substance Use & Behavioral Health Division

By Jamelia Hand MHS CADC CODP I This week, Illinois steps forward by elevating Mental Health and Substance Use Services together. As...

What Behavioral Health Can Learn from the Airline Industry

By Jamelia Hand MHS CADC CODP I “We can’t always predict when relapse will happen. But like pilots preparing for turbulence, we can...

“What I Wish I Had Known” A Letter to New Addiction Counselors

By Jamelia Hand MHS CADC CODP I “Ms. Hand, am I doing this right?” Many years ago, a new counselor sat nervously across from me during...