Telemedicine XR-B for Individuals in Jail

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adult male or female inmates at the participating jail who are eligible for release within 120 days (sentenced and/or pretrial \[note: individuals who might be sentenced to state/federal prison will be excluded; individuals with detainers in another county will also be excluded\]); Those individuals who are pre-trial and/or sentenced who are completing their sentence in the community (probation, parole, home detention, electronic monitoring, drug or other treatment court \[or equivalent\]) will be eligible to participate; 2. History of opioid use disorder (meeting DSM-5 criteria of moderate or severe opioid use disorder at the time of incarceration; individuals not meeting the opioid-disorder criterion will be eligible if they were treated in an opioid agonist treatment program during the year before incarceration); 3. Suitability for XR-B treatment as determined by medical evaluation; 4. Willingness to enroll in XR-B treatment in jail and continue in the community; Exclusion Criteria: 1. Active medical illness that may make participation hazardous (e.g., unstable diabetes, heart disease; moderate to severe renal impairment; adequately treated medical conditions are acceptable); 2. Conditions or medications that may predispose to QTc prolongation (personal or family history of long QT syndrome, hypokalemia, medications that prolong QTc interval, e.g., macrolide antibiotics, azole antifungal compounds, anti-arrythmics, antipsychotics and antidepressant); 3. Untreated psychiatric disorder that may make participation hazardous (e.g., untreated psychosis, bipolar disorder with mania; adequately treated psychiatric disorders and appropriate psychotropic medications will be allowed); 4. History of allergic reaction to buprenorphine; 5. Suicidal ideation (within the past 3 months); 6. Currently receiving non-buprenorphine MOUD in jail (methadone, naltrexone).