Improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of publicly financed health care
Effective Strategies for Purchasing and Implementing AOD Services: Resources for States
In February 2006, representatives from 32 states attended Moving from Knowledge to Practice: Effective Strategies for Purchasing and Implementing AOD Services to learn how states can more effectively expand the capacity and improve the quality of addiction treatment systems. States interested in learning more about improving addiction treatment services can download the meeting presentations (below).
Meeting Overview
- Successful Ingredients for Innovative Practices John O'Brien, Technical Assistance, Inc.
- Moving from Knowledge to Practice Victor Capoccia, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Overview of State Responses Karen LLanos, Center for Health Care Strategies
Resources for Recovery: Practical Lessons
- Resources for Recovery: The Florida Experience Darcy Abbott, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, John Bryant, Florida Department of Children and Families, John Daigle, Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association, and Mark Engelhardt, University of South Florida
- Resources for Recovery: An Overview of Lessons Learned Virginia Mulkern, Human Services Research Institute, Inc., and Alicia Smith, Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.
Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) Panel
- Building State/Payer Systems to Improve Addiction Treatment Jay Hansen, Prairie Ridge Addiction Treatment Services, Janet Zwick, Iowa Department of Public Health, Division of Behavioral and Professional Licensure, and Todd Molfenter, Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment
The Reclaiming Futures Project
- Changing and Improving Treatment Systems Kari Collins, Reclaiming Futures-Kentucky River Community Care, Maureen McGlone, Reclaiming Futures-Anchorage, Alaska, and Mac Prichard, Reclaiming Futures
Using Pay for Performance to Improve Health Care Quality
- Pay for Performance: A Building Block for Quality Improvement Karen LLanos, Center for Health Care Strategies
- Pay for Performance: Pennsylvania Mary Fleming, Allegheny HealthChoices, Inc.
- Pay for Performance: Delaware Jack Kemp, Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Advancing Recovery: State Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care
- Why Can't Programs Change: Systems and Business Perspective Tom McLellan, PhD, Treatment Research Institut
- Advancing Recovery Initiative David Gustafson PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Thomas McLellan PhD, Treatment Research Institute