THE ASAM CRITERIA VIRTUAL SERIES VIA ZOOM PLATFORM
With approval from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services of North CarolinaÂ’s Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver, all license behavioral health clinicians contracted with an LME/MCO and/or a Standard Plan to provide assessment or evaluation services who identify a substance use diagnosis as a part of a Comprehensive Clinical Assessment/Diagnostic Assessment must utilize ASAM Criteria to guide treatment recommendations. Additionally, SUD clinical policies and licensure rules will be revised or created to meet The ASAM Criteria 2013 edition of the manual in support of the waiver. LME/MCO and Division of Health Services Regulation staff will require training in ASAM to provide their contract oversight and regulatory roles, respectively.
ASAM TARGET AUDIENCE
Behavioral health clinicians in North Carolina who are contracted with an LME/MCO or a Standard Plan to provide Comprehensive Clinical Assessment/Diagnostic Assessment.
LME/MCO staff who provide contract oversight.
Staff from DMHDDSAS, DHB, DSOHF, DHSR, DPH, DSS who have related regulatory roles.
ASAM TRAINING DESCRIPTION The ASAM Patient Placement Criteria is the most widely used decision-making tool for determining the appropriate Level of Care (treatment setting) for persons with Substance Use Disorders and Co-Occurring Disorders.
This two-day, highly interactive workshop takes a deep dive into understanding and using the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria! During the workshop, attendees will use the ASAM PPC book and become familiar with all the information the book has to offer. Additionally, attendees will participate in small and large group exercises designed to assist with learning about the clinical considerations that come together to determine the ideal level of care (treatment setting) to meet a patient’s needs. We will also complete at least two case studies that allow attendees to apply their learning to a case scenario.
Proper use of the ASAM criteria requires much more from a clinician than completing a checklist of signs and symptoms - it is a tapes try of identifying a patient’s strengths/protective factors, here a nd now based facts, assessing need and risk in each of the 6 dimensions, knowledge of risk associated with withdrawal from substances of misuse and much more! All of these considerations result in determining the safest and least restrictive environment in which a patient can make decisions about their use and if they choose, with excellent clinical intervention, move into recovery.
Attending this workshop and participating in all of the learning opportunities offered will enable attendees to become more skillful at using the criteria to its fullest.
To be prepared for this two-day, deep dive into the ASAM PPC, please take this pre-test and bring it with you to the first day of training! We will review the answers together and the 'why' of the answers when we meet! Think of the pre-test as a tool for your own use — to measure your current knowledge of the ASAM PPC and as benchmark for what you would like to learn in the workshop as well as a foreshadow of some of the information you will learn by attending the workshop!
Training Dates: September 26 & 27, 2023
Registration Closing Date: September 8, 2023
Time: 8:30 am  4:30 pm (Day 1 & Day 2)
ASAM Registration Fee: $250
Refunds will be issued up to 2 weeks before the training date. No refunds will be issued after that time.
Contact Hours: 13
All participants will receive a hard copy ASAM manual that will be mailed out before the training occurs.
Presenter: Laurie Conaty
Continuing Education Statements Full attendance is required to receive credit; no partial credit will be given.
NBCC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6642. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. The successful completion of this training qualifies for 13 contact hours.
This course has been submitted to the North Carolina Addiction Specialist Professional Practice Board for 13 SS EBT contact hours.
Sponsorship: The ASAM trainings are sponsored by Behavioral Health Springboard. This training meets the training requirements as referenced in the LME-MCO Joint Communication Bulletin # J399.
The ASAM Patient Placement Criteria is the most widely used decision-making tool for determining the appropriate Level of Care (treatment setting) for persons with Substance Use Disorders and Co-Occurring Disorders.
