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 5, 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 29, 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 15, 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...
On Demand Datapalooza! Webinar Webinar Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Sep 12, 2023 Vista's CEO and COO share how to analyze your outcomes data to help more patients recover, comply with accreditation standards, and motivate and retain your staff. Continue Reading...
Reap the Benefits of (Almost) Effortless Outcomes by Xmas! Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Sep 6, 2023 Is your outcomes research as useful as it could be? Ask yourself these four questions: 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 22, 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...
What Are These Centers Doing Better to Help So Many Patients Recover? Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Nov 19, 2021 Congratulations to the 2021 Excellence in Treatment Award Winners Continue Reading...
Measure What Really Matters to Your Staff & Your Patients Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Oct 25, 2021 While all treatment centers track financial metrics, very few measure the one thing that matters most to staff morale - how many of your patients recover? Continue Reading...