ShareHouse, Inc. is pleased to announce David Mee-Lee, M.D., a physician and board-certified psychiatrist, as the speaker for our 2012 workshop to be held on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. For over 25 years, Dr. Mee-Lee has developed and promoted innovative behavioral heatlh treatment which emphasizes these values important to him: 1) clinical integrity; 2) high quality; and 3) cost-consciousness.  He is a prominent member of the field's professional organization, The American Society of Addiction Medicine, known as ASAM.  Please watch our website for more information on topic, place and time.  If you have any questions, please contact Dori Kosse at (701) 478-9546.

Improving Skills in Implementing ASAM Criteria (ASAM PPC-2R)

David Mee-Lee, M.D.
June 19, 2012
Fargo, ND


While many are familiar with the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria, there is still great variation in how care coordinators and clinicians use ASAM multidimensional assessment (MDA) to determine level of care, length of stay and when to transfer or discharge a client. 

This one-day workshop is designed to review the underlying principles of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria (PPC) and their role in individualized treatment and care management.  Specific hands-on exercises will help participants implement the ASAM Criteria to determine and explain placement decisions.  It will help clinicians and care managers improve communication around assessment and treatment planning. 


Educational Objectives: 
Participants will be able:

1.    To review the underlying concepts and principles of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria.
2.    To describe the role of imminent danger and severity profiles in triage and placement decisions. 
3.    To apply ASAM Criteria and practice multidimensional assessment to individualize service strategies and level of care.
4.    To identify and discuss how to communicate about appropriate client care between care managers and providers.


Workshop Leader:

David Mee-Lee, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist, and is certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM).  He trains and consults both nationally and internationally.  Dr. Mee-Lee is Chief Editor of the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s (ASAM) Patient Placement Criteria and is Senior Vice President of The Change Companies. Dr. Mee-Lee is also Chair of the Coalition for National Clinical Criteria.

 
Improving Skills in Implementing ASAM Criteria (ASAM PPC-2R)

June 19, 2012
Ramada Plaza Suites, 1635 42nd St. S., Fargo, ND

Agenda
8:00 AM Registration

9:00 AM A.  Needs Assessment
  *  Common misconceptions about the ASAM Criteria
  Current difficulties and needs

B.  Review of Underlying Concepts of ASAM Criteria
  *  Generations of clinical services
  *  Treatment follows assessment - biopsychosocial functioning and severity
  *  Biopsychosocial treatment and Levels of Service

  C.   The Six Assessment Dimensions and Implications
  Imminent Risk and ongoing assessment
  Define imminent risk and give as many examples as possible
  Common language and process for biopsychosocial data
 
10:30 AM Break

10:45 AM D.  How to Organize Assessment Data
*  Multidimensional assessment, severity and level of function profiles
  *  Targeting and focusing treatment and placement
 
  E. Skill-building in Assessment, Treatment Planning and Placement
  *  Treatment planning and documentation skills
      -problem identification; individualized treatment plans
  *  Implications for intake and managed care processes
*  Effectively stating cases with supervisors and especially managed care.

12 Noon  Lunch

       1:00 PM  F.  How and When to Use the Criteria
*  The continued service and discharge/transfer criteria
*  Using the future directions matrix (Appendix A and B ASAMPPC-2R) for placement.

        G.  Readiness to Change - Dimension 4
* Assessment of Dimension 4
  * Engaging the client as a participant in treatment
  * Information on Dim. 4, 5, & 6; dimensional numbers and placement within levels       of care. 
 
2:30 PM  Break

2:45 PM  H.  Relapse/Continued Use/Continued Problem Potential - Dimension 5
  *  Contrasting Dimensions 4 and 5 in understanding multiple treatments
  *  Dimension 5 and mental health implications for it. 
  *  Relapse Policy

  I. Improving the Range and Use of Treatment Services to Implement ASAM PPC-2R
  *  Managed care implications and case consultation
*  Insurance company denials on clients.
"Unbundling" and implications for more flexible services and funding
 
4:00 PM  Adjourn