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We are privileged to have three of the addiction treatment field’s most distinguished and successful visionaries and CEO’s to keynote the conference as they describe the past, present, and future of addiction treatment. Representing Caron Treatment...
Philip Eaton, Mark Mishek, Douglas Tieman, Carl Kester
Our business has become highly competitive and some providers and marketers cross the line of ethics and even the law. Join nationally renowned health care and intellectual property attorney, Nigam Acharya, internet marketing expert Daniel Gemp, and...
Nigam Acharya, Daniel Gemp, Josh Weum, Robert Ferguson
In 2016 the United States Surgeon General issued a landmark report describing the impact of substance use disorder on our country. Dr. Kim Johnson from SAMHSA will describe the contents of the report and its intended impact on the delivery of...
Kimberly Johnson, PhD
Following a welcome by 2018 Conference Co-Chairs, Robert Ferguson and Annie Peters, Marvin Ventrell, NAATP Executive Director will set the table for all the conference sessions to come through the context of the NAATP’s new QAI - The Quality...
Marvin Ventrell
The NAATP 3-year Outcomes Study is coming to an end. Soon, the outcomes team will complete the analysis of data and NAATP will deliver the new Outcomes Measurement Toolkit to our members, enable them to finally engage in their own all important...
Carl Kester, Jessica Swan, Holen Hirsh, PhD, Katie Gelman, DrPH
This is big folks. We all know that NAATP has been working with Google to create a fair and transparent platform for the ethical online marketing of addiction treatment. Google, NAATP, and partners are testing a new system prior to the conference and...
Marvin Ventrell, John Horton, Matt Wolf
Caron CEO, Doug Tieman, will connect the NAATP QAI - The Quality Assurance Initiative with our fields strong history and tradition of high quality values-based addiction services. Last year’s conference gave attendees a glimpse into this compelling...
Doug Tieman
A prestigious national panel of system advocates will address the NAATP community with strategy for success on the ground in your community. Our provider communities face difficult challenges regarding accurate public and political awareness and the...
Scott Munson, Dave Aronberg, Philip Rutherford, Greg Williams
Addiction treatment marketing practices have become a primary area of concern in recent years. Misleading marketing practices, regardless of intention, damage patients and undermine the credibility of the field at large. This session will focus on...
Jay Crosson, Lissa Franklin, Michelle Rusk, JD, Peter Thomas
Community engagement, public relations, and public policy are important areas of work for addiction treatment providers that enhance the field’s ability to treat individuals with substance use disorders. Public perceptions of addiction and treatment...
Jennifer Dulles, Melissa Gettler, Phil Rutherford, and Rev. Dr. Rodney Walker
The primary function of outcomes data collection and analysis is organizational learning and improvement. As a healthcare field, it is critical that addiction treatment providers have metrics by which they can understand the value and efficacy of...
Holen Hirsch, PhD, Greg Hobelman, MD, Julia Finken, Carl Kester
Addiction treatment has historically operated in the Minnesota Model, typically a 28-day intensive residential setting. As the field matures, the continuum of care has expanded to more effectively treat patients based on disease severity and...
Janet Blackburn, Maureen Boyle, PhD, Tom Kimball PhD, Sherri Layton, Michelle Sweet
Billing practices in addiction treatment have changed rapidly in recent years. Changes in insurance regulation and a better understanding of addiction as a disease have increased access to insurance-based payment models. Some providers have responded...
Ben Dittman, Kelly Epperson, JD, John Seymour
Appropriate admissions process and patient screening are critical components of quality, ethical, evidence-based treatment. Through a panel setting, this session will discuss best practices on appropriate screening prior to admission and throughout...
Ernest Bradshaw, David Gomel, PhD, Andrew Huhn, PhD, Nick Hayes, PhD
As our country responds to the biggest addiction crisis in our history, it is imperative that our political leadership understand the issues at a deep level and work together as political parties and the branches of the government to produce good...
Mary Bono
Earlier this year, The OMNI Institute, in collaboration with The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP), released The Outcomes Measurement Toolkit and the Outcomes Pilot Program Final Report. This material is the product of...
Holen Hirsch, PhD, Mark Loes, Natalie Wheeler, PhD, Annie Peters, PhD
Join a panel with NAATP’s Quality Assurance Officer and executive staff from industry partners to learn about the state of internet marketing in the addiction industry field for 2019. The role of the National Association, including the amended...
Peter Thomas, John Horton, JD, Caitlin Clark, John McGhee, Marvin Ventrell
More than ever, our field needs leaders, not just managers. Management is the necessary act of doing things right, whereas leadership is doing the right things . . . even when unpopular or less profitable. As we evolve to an association leading the...
Craig Deao
Join us for an intimate conversation with Susan Ford Bales and Lisa McCubbin, author of the acclaimed new biography Betty Ford: First Lady, Women’s Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer. Humorous anecdotes from the White House along with poignant memories...
Susan Ford Bales & Lisa McCubbin
New pressures from funders and accreditation bodies, along with calls for greater treatment agency accountability by the general public have led to calls for measurement and more reporting of treatment “outcomes” of various kinds. More than ever...
John Kelly, Ph.D

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