Addiction Treatment Matching: Research Foundations of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (Asam) Criteria

Learn how to implement the ASAM Criteria at your facility! Choosing Addiction Treatments: Validation of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria focuses on the state-of-the-art in the addictions placement matching. This book examines the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria (PPC) which promises a national standard to settle the conflict between treatment programs and managed care. The research in this book has led 30 states to endorse the ASAM Criteria. This timely resource will help providers, insurers, and payers work together to provide effective treatment for people with alcohol and drug problems. Choosing Addiction Treatments is a comprehensive resource on the leading approach to addiction treatment planning. Experts in mental health and addiction services provide case studies that reveal the impact of ASAM Criteria on health plans, substance abuse treatment programs, and the patients themselves. This book provides validation for an innovative model that can revolutionize the addictions field with standardized, empirically based treatment planning. In Choosing Addiction Treatments, you'll find the answers to such questions as: What are the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria and how do they work? How does a program define its level of care? Can the ASAM Criteria be standardized and validated? How can technology help users achieve consistency in determining patients' needs? What happens when a state introduces the ASAM Criteria? What is needed for further development? This book will help: programs evaluate and adopt the ASAM Criteria programs and providers negotiate with managed care for optimal treatment service authorizations treatment systems plan the implementation of the ASAM Criteria states, insurers, and accreditation and certification entities assist and evaluate programs to achieve more effective, resource-efficient care In light of new recommendations by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment that st