Topic: ASAM
Outpatient Follies
The experience of addicts and alcoholics, particularly at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale, makes it clear that we could use more inpatient resources, not fewer.
Topics: ASAM, assessment, compliance and noncompliance, outpatient treatment, types of treatment
Outpatient vs. Intensive Outpatient
The principle behind most ASAM-based systems is to treat clients at the “least restrictive” level at which they can benefit.
Topics: ASAM, assessment, diagnosis, types of treatment, utilization review
Different Levels of Treatment: Who Gets What
For the most part, if you are hoping that insurance, Medicare or Medicaid, or another third-party payor will help with–or pick up entirely–the costs of treatment, you’ll be running into ASAM criteria that control who gets what kind of treatment.
Topics: ASAM, assessment, diagnosis, inpatient treatment, long term treatment, outpatient treatment, types of treatment
Rural Areas and ASAM Criteria
We keep running into situations where ASAM criteria don’t seem to apply.
Topics: ASAM, assessment, case management, clinical management, systems
