The Bad News About How Quickly Patients Relapse After Treatment Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Jan 6, 2024 Addiction is a devastating disease. A patient can leave treatment completely confident in their ability to remain abstinent and find themselves so overwhelmed by the intensity of their cravings that they start using again the very same day. Continue Reading...
Providing Health Insurance Payers with the Data They Care About Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Nov 30, 2023 Based on the many discussions I’ve had with treatment center leaders over the years, I suspect that negotiating with health insurance payers for a fair reimbursement rate is one of (if not the most) challenging aspects of running a treatment center. And it seems to be getting even harder. Continue Reading...
How to Convince Payers to Invest in High-Quality Addiction Treatment Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Nov 16, 2023 Close to half (47%) of the members of the health insurance company with the best outcomes reported successfully abstaining from alcohol and non-prescribed drugs for at least the last 30 days one year after treatment. At the other end of the spectrum, less than Continue Reading...
Introducing State-of-the-Art Outcomes Research for OBOTs and OTPs Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Aug 25, 2023 As payers move inexorably towards value-based reimbursement, many OBOTs, OTPs, and telehealth-based medication-assisted treatment providers are being asked for something new -- outcomes research that proves how effective their treatment is. Continue Reading...
Get 13% More Days Approved Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Nov 23, 2022 One of the factors that has the biggest impact on how well a patient does after treatment is how long the patient stays in treatment. Yet an ongoing challenge for many treatment centers is payer demands that a patient step down to a lower level of care more quickly than the clinical team thinks is appropriate. Continue Reading...
Why Proving Your Treatment Is Effective Requires High Response Rates Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Oct 28, 2022 If you want to show that your treatment center’s outcomes are better than average, you must use an outcomes research methodology that entices a high percentage of your patients to respond. Continue Reading...
Why Were Patients Dissatisfied with Telehealth-Only Addiction Treatment? Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Jul 22, 2021 Patient satisfaction dropped measurably during the first months of the pandemic, but rebounded quickly for patients receiving at least some in-patient treatment. Continue Reading...
How the Pandemic Affected People at Risk of Alcohol or Drug Abuse (Infographic) Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Jul 2, 2021 We've seen how isolation, job losses and loss of recovery supports have affected friends and loved ones at risk of drug or alcohol abuse; here's the hard data in one easy-to-understand infographic (click to download): Continue Reading...
Addiction Treatment Outcomes +20% in Second Year of Research Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Mar 12, 2021 Among 17 respected addiction treatment centers, 20% more patients were abstinent six months after discharge in their second year of using outcomes research vs. their first year! Continue Reading...
On-Demand: Get More Days Approved Webinar Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Oct 27, 2020 Listen in as KerryLynn Baca-Pelphrey shares what she's learned during 15 years of payer negotiations about how to use patient data to get more days approved and negotiate higher reimbursement rates. Continue Reading...