NAATP Insights: November 2024

November 2024: A Season of Support, Growth, and Gratitude

As we embrace the cooler days of November, we reflect on the journey of growth, recovery, and resilience that defines our community. This month, we are reminded of the importance of connection and the collective strength that comes from being part of a supportive network. In this edition, we highlight a key resource, the Quality Assurance Guidebook 2nd edition, and events we hosted to help foster community and education.

As we approach Thanksgiving, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to each of you. Your dedication and compassion are what make our community strong, and we are thankful for your unwavering support. Wishing you and your loved ones a warm and joyful Thanksgiving!

Quality Assurance Guidebook, 2nd Edition

This month, our members received exclusive access to the release of our 2nd edition of the Quality Assurance Guidebook. The Guidebook, as a best practices tool, serves as one of the membership offerings by which we help addiction treatment program leaders improve operations, build team expertise, and deliver effective care solutions. This guidebook defines and expands on the twelve core competencies of addiction treatment service, and within these competencies are 49 Guidelines accompanied by Commentary and followed by a list of Resources to aid the provider in implementing the Guideline.

Member-Only Access to Guidebook ➔

FoRSE Site-Specific Treatment Outcome Reports

This month, 83 treatment facilities that are actively sending data to the NAATP Foundation for Recovery Science and Education (FoRSE) Outcomes Program received an individualized site-specific report, comparing their de-identified data to the FoRSE aggregate data. The full data set now consists of more than one million surveys submitted by over 120 participating treatment centers. The FoRSE Program’s goals are to help providers evaluate and improve their performance, benchmark outcomes, and demonstrate their value. Organizations interested in becoming FoRSE Data Sites are encouraged to submit an online inquiry to the FoRSE team.

NAATP Provider-Payer Collaborative

NAATP’s Payer Relations and Reimbursement Equity Initiative brings executives from the major SUD insurers together with our treatment provider leadership in an effort to develop the collaborative relationships that produce the best treatment outcomes. This month NAATP CEO, Marvin Ventrell, Director of Research and Education Dr. Annie Peters, Director of Membership Zina Rodriguez, and a group of NAATP Provider Member CEOs met for a full day of dialogue in Nashville. A key feature of the session was treatment outcomes measurement. It is through the common recognition of treatment and recovery metrics that treatment delivery can match treatment reimbursement. To that end, Dr. Peters presented information on the NAATP Treatment Outcomes Program conducted by our research arm, the Foundation for Recovery Science and Education (FoRSE). This effort is ongoing as NAATP advocates for our members’ interests.

FoRSE Webinar

Thank you to those who attended our final webinar of 2024, Examining SUD Treatment Outcomes: The 2nd Annual Report from the FoRSE Program. A special thank you to Dr. Annie Peters for using the FoRSE Report to deliver an insightful presentation on treatment engagement, psychiatric acuity, and patient outcomes. We remind members that all previous webinars are available on demand.

CEO-to-CEO (C2C)

We are so grateful to all of the member CEOs and EDs who took the time to join the conversation during our last CEO-to-CEO (C2C) session of 2024. This unique opportunity gave executive peers a chance to discuss a range of topics such as; Leadership Change Management, Workforce, Ethical Marketing, Bad Press and Reputation Rehab.

NAATP National 2025

Exhibit booth and sponsorship registration is now open! With various exhibit options and sponsorship levels, there's an opportunity for treatment centers and vendors of all sizes to get involved and make a meaningful impact. Join us in Seattle on May 18-20, 2025, and be part of the conversation shaping the future of addiction treatment! Stay tuned for exciting information on our keynote speaker and agenda.

Don't forget to submit an award nomination for an individual who ensures the equitable availability and highest quality of addiction treatment in the areas of ethics, policy, justice, and practice of addiction treatment. The deadline to submit this nomination is January 15.

Welcome New Members

Ritz Recovery

Workforce Resources

We want to acknowledge that many of our members continue to face workforce challenges in the behavioral health field by sharing some key resources launched this month by SAMSHA. The Behavioral Health Workforce Career Navigator, designed to help current and aspiring behavioral health professionals identify state requirements for a range of behavioral health careers along with the Practical Guide for Expanding the Community-based Behavioral Health Workforce.

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