Providers Must Make Revenue Cycle Management a Top Priority

All healthcare providers experience financial constraints that require them to adopt highly efficient practices for managing patient care revenue. Given the extremely tight margins under which substance use and mental health service providers traditionally operate, effective revenue cycle management becomes even more critical for this segment of the healthcare industry.   A Bain and Company […]

Programs Will Seek to Maximize Value-Based Care Model

Forward-thinking leaders aspire to be part of a healthcare system that prioritizes value over volume. A central component of health reform is moving the healthcare industry from fee-for-service reimbursement to a payment model based on quality of care. While the mental health and addiction treatment community stands far from realizing the full potential of value-based […]

Sound Outcome Evaluation Will Demonstrate Treatment’s Value

Promoting professional ethics has been a signature aim of the leading national association representing substance use treatment providers. Having played a prominent role in establishing standards to counteract deceptive marketing practices that were tarnishing the field’s reputation, leaders at the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) knew the next step they had to take […]

The Need for Impactful Outcome Data Has Never Been Greater

A growing number of mental health and substance use treatment organizations are taking to heart the adage from the late management guru Peter Drucker: “What gets measured gets managed.” In an increasingly integrated and highly demanding health care environment, providers no longer can rely on instinct or anecdote to demonstrate the success of their programs. […]

AURA-in-Action: Building Trauma-Sensitive Software for Youth Dynamics

Learn how Youth Dynamics leverages AURA in delivering their excellent mental health treatment!