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...
[DATA] Outcomes Research Proves Addiction Treatment Works Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Jul 21, 2023 While it is true that therapy-based addiction treatment doesn’t always work, Vista’s outcomes research shows that it does work extremely well for many patients. On average, 36% of all adult, non-professional SUD patients 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...
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...
How Length of Stay Affects Success Rates Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Dec 17, 2019 Among patients who successfully completed treatment, those who remained in treatment for at least 90 days were almost twice as likely to be abstinent six months later than those who left treatment in less than 21 days. Continue Reading...
On Demand Webinar: Outcomes = Income Webinar Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Sep 24, 2019 Join Elevated Billing's Jessica Anderson, Avea's Ben Dittman and Vista's Joanna Conti as they discuss the data you need to pull together to prepare for a critical payer negotiation Continue Reading...
Preparing for Your Next Payer Negotiation Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Sep 4, 2019 Your ability to convince key payers of the unique value your addiction treatment center provides is crucial to your ability to stay in business. Identify one or two things that your center does uniquely well and that are major pain points for the payer. Continue Reading...
Do You Have the Data You Need to Prove How Effective Your Treatment Is? Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Jan 18, 2018 Because behavioral health care is so far behind other areas of health care in using data to measure treatment effectiveness, excellent treatment programs have no way to differentiate themselves from those with mediocre outcomes. It is time for this to change. Continue Reading...
Prove You're Complying with JCAHO's New Standard Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Dec 7, 2017 It is important to consider how you will prove to the Joint Commission that you are using patient monitoring to inform clinical care. Continue Reading...