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COMP currently represents 30 member organizations which operate approximately 94 treatment programs throughout California, comprising more than 90% of all opiate treatment programs in California.
COMP works on behalf of all our members and the treatment field as a whole such that all members and patients share in our successes. However, our Association’s strength depends entirely on the strength of our membership, and we would like to include as many programs as possible in the effort.
Mission Statement
The mission of the California Opioid Maintenance Providers is
1) to promote access to opioid addiction treatment, using medication and psychosocial intervention;
2) to distribute information about medication, assisted treatment, reducing stigma, dispelling myths, and fostering understanding and acceptance;
3) to encourage clinicians, administrators, and policy makers to use evidence-based intervention;
4) to advocate for patients who use opioid medications as a tool in recovery.
- Providing resources and training opportunities
- Educating policy makers
- Improving quality assurance
- Collaborating with other California programs and organizations
- Collaborating with the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) and other national organizations
Receive information about the growth and development of opioid treatment services in California and across the country through our affiliation with AATOD.
- Provides a venue for coordination and communication among opioid treatment programs ;
- Login access to “Members Only” section of the COMP website ;
Advise members as to changes in applicable laws and regulations and advancements in opioid treatment ;
Enhanced access to legislative and regulatory officials through COMPs long-standing relationships and our Sacramento advocates.
President's Message
The California Organization of Methadone Providers (COMP) was incorporated as a not-for-profit (501c) corporation on May 31, 1991. In 2002, COMP introduced new pharmacotherapy and other treatments and became the California Opioid Maintenance Providers.
Today, COMP represents most of the approximately 150 licensed Narcotic Treatment Programs (NTPs) in California, making it the largest and oldest organization of its kind in the country.
COMP has sponsored many legislative measures that have impacted improved access to high-quality medication-assisted treatment through NTPs, including non-physician ownership of NTPs, office-based opioid treatment, and the Drug Medi-Cal Reimbursement Methodology. COMP has enjoyed a good working relationship with the Department of Health Care Services for three decades, helping to ensure state regulations that reflect clinical experience rather than politics or philosophy. As a member of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD), COMP has influenced national legislation and policy.
We take pride in our accomplishments but are never complacent. We continue to face challenges and prejudices that have existed since our inception. But we now have decades of medical and scientific data showing that opioid dependency is a medical disease, and should be treated as such. Methadone combined with counseling offers the most effective treatment available to combat opioid dependency.
We encourage you to become a part of COMP and carry it with us into the future as we continue to be vigilant and vocal advocates of humane treatment. COMP will be only as powerful as the commitment of its members. Many lives depend upon our willingness to meet the challenges NTPs and their patients face each day.
