Re-admission Issues: A Revolving Door for Addictions Treatment One of the continuing problems with the quality of Substance Abuse treatment services in rural states has been the growing concerns over the high numbers of patients failing to complete residential treatment. … Continued

Scratch the surface of every successful venture and you will find a careful, thorough, meticulous plan executed by well-educated leaders who are willing to adapt and innovate. As we approach the New Year health care CEO’s, in particular, should asking … Continued

An Internet Revolution – The modern Internet applications of today are coordinating health services, transforming the way health information is obtained and even how health care is delivered. Provider and payer organizations are now turning to the internet as a … Continued

In many urban centers of the country behavioral health professionals and addiction treatment programs are finding a market oversupply of services existing in their area. This market oversaturation is one that will be complicated by the continuing advances in pharmacological … Continued

Developing strategic plans is all about matching the strengths of the business to available opportunities. To many people, strategic planning is something meant only for big businesses, but it is equally applicable to all businesses. To do this effectively, C.E.O.’s … Continued

Managed care programs for both medical care and behavioral services are evolving into new models. This evolution is being supported and even promoted by public sector payers, as managed care is increasingly embraced by states for Medicaid and other health … Continued

 Patient treatment plan quality can never rise above the accuracy of the assessment on which it is based. Unfortunately, many of the electronic health records systems now available in the marketplace frequently fail to collect vital information on patients during the … Continued

Today’s popular notion with some academic theorists suggests successful managers should only introduce change through radical ideas that shake the organization to its very core.  These types of unproven, radical management approaches to change are often associated with high risks … Continued

Drug Court Evaluations must focus on program evaluation as the central core of the quality monitoring process for drug courts. Evaluation consists of identifying key quality indicators through team consensus for which data will be collected and systematically monitored. These … Continued

For at least the last twenty years, the large increases in the number of criminal offenders nation-wide can be directly attributed to drug addiction1. Conventional criminal justice interventions of probation and incarceration, while at times necessary, have not shown to … Continued