The American Society of Addiction Mediciine (ASAM) Criteria, a.k.a., Patient Placement Criteria (PPC) is a uniform criteria. It provides admission, continued stay and discharge criteria that professionals use to guide and justify decision making regarding the Level of Care a client should be referred to, and treatment planning. There are four key components; 1.) ASAM’s Continuum of Care, 2.) ASAM’s Six Dimensions, 3.) ASAM’s Criteria, and 4.) ASAM’s DImension Risk Rating Scale.
Research on the evidence based practice of making patient placement decisions, also known as choosing a level of care, and matching clients to treatment indicates that mismatching clients to treatment, either under treating or over treating has been demonstrated to decrease a client’s successful engagement of treatment (Magura, et. al., 2002), and lead to poorer treatment outcomes (Magura et. al., 2002; McKay et. al., 2000). It is imperative that assessors and case managers learn how to make informed and accurate patient placement decisions, and be able to write clear, concise and clinically defensible justifications for their decisions.
The ASAM onsite workshop and the ASAM E-Course, Training Online provides participants with the knowledge, skills and support materials to make more informed and accurate dimension risk ratings and patient placement decisions. They will also learn how to write clear and concise clinical justifications to substantiate their decisions to Medicaid and Private Insurers, reducing the number of LOC recommendations being denied. Possessing these skills enables staff to be a more effective advocate for the services clients need. Finally, participants will understand how dimension risk ratings and clinical justifications can drive effective treatment planning.
Onsite Workshops
Online e-Course on the ASAM Criteria 3rd Edition
Blended Learning and the ASAM Criteria 3rd Edition Training
Evidence Based – Proven Effective – Designed For Transfer