Maureen Stewart, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
Dr. Stewart's research interests include the financing, payment, and organization of behavioral health services. Her research focuses on policy and system approaches improve access to and quality of alcohol and drug treatment services and to reduce racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities in substance use treatment services.
Dr. Stewart is currently PI of a NIDA study examining how Medicaid managed care plan policies influence access to and quality of opioid use disorder treatment, co-investigator of a NIDA study of the hub-and-spoke model of opioid treatment in Washington State, and quantitative lead of an evaluation of Massachusetts' efforts to improve access to medication for opioid use disorder. With funding from ASPE, Dr. Stewart recently completed case studies of emergency departments’ efforts to expand access to substance use treatment which started with offering medication treatment for opioid use disorder and expanded to engaging patients in treatment for alcohol and other substance use disorders.
Education
- Brandeis University, PhD Field of Study: Social Policy
- Brandeis University, MA Field of Study: Social Policy
- Boston College, BA Field of Study: Economics
Websites
Publications
- Published on 3/3/2025
Stewart MT, Feltus SR, Andrews CM, Acevedo A, Thomas CP, Bratberg J, Horgan CM, Hodgkin D, Adams RS. Alcohol Use Disorder Medication Coverage and Utilization Management in Medicaid Managed Care Plans. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Mar 03; 8(3):e250695. PMID: 40080021.
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- Published on 2/26/2025
Bórquez I, Williams AR, Hu MC, Scott M, Stewart MT, Harpel L, Aydinoglo N, Cerdá M, Rotrosen J, Nunes EV, Krawczyk N. State sequence analysis of daily methadone dispensing trajectories among individuals at United States opioid treatment programs before and following COVID-19 onset. Addiction. 2025 Feb 26. PMID: 40012102.
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- Published on 11/1/2024
Woodruff J, Bratberg J, Feltus SR, Gray HV, Green T, Kelsey S, Stewart MT, Tschampl CA, Weinstein SP. Pharmacy-based Methadone: Analysis of Current Laws and Regulations. Brandeis University. Waltham, MA. 2024.
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- Published on 10/20/2024
Reif S, Stewart MT, Daily SM, Brolin MF, Lee MT, Panas L, Ritter G, Shields MC, Mazel SB, Wicks JJ. Relationship of hub and treatment characteristics with client outcomes in the initial Washington State hub and spoke cohort. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Jan; 168:209544. PMID: 39437904.
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- Published on 10/10/2024
Stewart MT, Andrews CM, Feltus SR, Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Thomas CP, Nong T. Medicaid managed care restrictions on medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder. Health Serv Res. 2024 Oct 10. PMID: 39390740.
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- Published on 9/29/2024
Acevedo A, Adams RS, Cook BL, Feltus SR, Panas L, Stewart MT. Disparities in Alcohol Treatment Use at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Insurance. Subst Use Addctn J. 2025 Jan; 46(1):78-89. PMID: 39344041.
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- Published on 8/14/2024
Jack HE, Arif SA, Moore MA, Bhatraju EP, Thompson JL, Stewart MT, Hawk KF, Bartlett E. Peer support for patients with opioid use disorder in the emergency department: A narrative review. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2024 Aug; 5(4):e13253. PMID: 39144727.
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- Published on 6/27/2024
Morgan JR, Reif S, Stewart MT, Larochelle MR, Adams RS. Characterizing the Association Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Discontinuation of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in a Commercially Insured Adult Population. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2025 Mar-Apr 01; 40(2):E111-E120. PMID: 39019485.
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- Published on 2/14/2024
Stewart MT, Daily SM, Thomas CP, Panas L, Ritter G, Reif S. Expanding access to medication treatment for opioid use disorders: Findings from the Washington State hub and spoke effort. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Mar 01; 256:111125. PMID: 38368666.
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- Published on 1/1/2024
Stewart MT, Nong T, Kumar A. Women’s Behavioral Health: A Public Health Perspective, eds. Ardis Hanson and Bruce Lubotsky Levin. Financing behavioral health services: Influence on access to and quality of behavioral health care. Springer Nature. 2024.
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News & In the Media
- Published on April 9, 2025
Only 43% of Medicaid Managed Care Plans Cover All Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder
- Published on March 14, 2025