ArticlePreventive medicine2023
Effective, but underused: lessons learned implementing contingency management in real-world practice settings in the United States.
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- Care Navigation for Methamphetamine Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- Project MIMIC (Maximizing Implementation of Motivational Incentives in Clinics): results of a 28-site cluster-randomized type 3 hybrid trial.Implementation science : IS · 2025Trial
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- Rationale, design and methods of theBMJ open · 2026Article
- Multi-method Analysis of Implementation Determinants and Strategies to Support the Implementation of Contingency Management for Methamphetamine Use in an HIV Care Setting.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Contingency Management for Stimulant-Opioid Co-Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of addiction medicine · 2026Article
- Reason to Expand the Contingency Management Workforce: Coaching-to-Criterion Results for Addiction Professionals and Peer Specialists.Substance use & addiction journal · 2026Article
- If you build it, they will stay! Sustaining evidence-based practices for the treatment of substance use disorders through investment in workforce retention.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Implementing incentives in family medicine for opioid use disorder treatment: a qualitative inquiry on provider and patient preferences for a low magnitude reward program compatible with buprenorphine treatment.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Article
- Tracking implementation determinants over time using the IFASIS: multi-site analysis of opioid treatment programs implementing a digital contingency management platform.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- Interest in contingency management and reducing stimulant use among syringe service program participants.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- Implementing contingency management in family medicine: A qualitative inquiry on provider and patient preferences for a low magnitude reward program compatible with buprenorphine treatment.Research square · 2025Article
- Using the IFASIS (Inventory of Factors Affecting Successful Implementation and Sustainment) to advance context-specific and generalizable knowledge of implementation determinants: case study of a digital contingency management platform.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- Evaluating provider report of fidelity to contingency management in opioid treatment programs.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- Enduring contributions to implementation science: Honoring the legacy of Bryan R. Garner.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- Evolution of the substance use landscape: Implications for contingency management.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2025Review
- Examining the impact of low magnitude incentives in contingency management protocols: Non-engagement in Petry et al. 2004.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Article
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- The lived experiences and treatment needs of women with opioid use disorder and posttraumatic stress symptoms: A mixed methods study.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Article
- Behavior change, health, and health disparities 2023: Contingency management for treating substance use disorders and promoting health in vulnerable populations.Preventive medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Despite being one of the most effective adjunctive behavioral interventions in combination with medication for opioid use disorder, contingency management (CM) is one of the least available interventions in opioid treatment programs. This paradoxical state of affairs is perhaps the greatest example of the research-to-practice gap in the behavioral health field. Implementation science, a discipline that aims to identify replicable methods that can be used across settings and populations to bridge the gap between research and practice, can potentially help. Based on our team's experience implementing CM in opioid treatment programs, we detail five key lessons for researchers, clinicians, policy makers, and others seeking to implement and sustain CM in real-world settings. First, multiple barriers to CM implementation exist at both the counselor- and organization-levels, requiring multi-level solutions. Second, one-shot CM training alone is not sufficient for successful implementation: ongoing support is essential to achieve levels of intervention fidelity that will benefit patients. Third, assessing an organization's capacity for implementation prior to support provision can prevent costly mistakes. Fourth, implementors should plan for high staff turnover rates and expect the unexpected by developing detailed contingency plans. Finally, implementors should remember that the goal is to implement evidence-based CM and not simply incentives. We encourage colleagues to consider these lessons to increase the likelihood that CM can be implemented and sustained in a manner that improves the quality of care in opioid treatment programs.
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