How is aXis different?

Unlike most addiction recovery conferences that focus on continuing education credits for all professionals, aXis is designed as an intensive 3-day strategic planning event – an Executive Boot Camp. You and your team will experience:

• Team-Based Approach
• Peer-to-Peer and Collaborative Learning
• Performance-Based Roundtable Discussion
• Dual Public and Private Sector Focus to Foster Collaboration
• Flexible Grouping Strategies
• Mentoring Opportunities from Industry Leaders

 Intensive Executive Team Training

With the advent of the Affordable Care Act (ACA; a.k.a. Obamacare) and existing parity legislation, addictions, or severe substance use disorders, will be considered as other chronic health conditions.  Treatment outcomes – will be newly defined and closely watched.  Reimbursement models will also shift to motivate changes in treatment methods and models under the significant financial pressures to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of care provided.  Increasing attention will be paid to the use of best practices and evidence-based treatment. These changes will alter treatment management and reimbursement paradigms.  The behavioral health research community, standards-setting bodies, clinical managers, payers, and patients will each have role in defining what is meant by the core concepts that will play a critical role in determining patient treatment modalities and reimbursement approaches.  Terms such as “medically necessary treatment”, outcomes-informed treatments, and even “behavioral health” itself, will all be forced to adhere to more stringent and precise meanings.  These definitions will define the scope, intensity, duration and quality of SUD treatment.  But it is far from clear whether these terms will be defined with rigor and precision.  And just who will influence (dictate) the definition of these terms?  Specifically, will the definition of what treatments are deemed “medical necessary” be defined by payers, pharmaceutical companies, or behavioral health researchers and clinicians?   And just what constitutes an “outcome?”

C4 Recovery Solutions is hosting aXis as a working conference for Board Members, Senior Executives, Medical Directors, Clinical Supervisors, Midlevel Managers and Information Technology staff to plan for and implement strategies to meet these challenges.  aXis will also provide critical infrastructure assessment and consultation.

aXis begins with general sessions that map the landscape and timelines involved to form the basis for developing meaningful strategic plans and provide an overview of the challenges, strategies, and goals of the conference.  Administrative, Clinical Management/Supervision and Marketing/Client selection and Engagement in-depth Topic Academies follow and form the core of aXis and serve as the basis for making programs more effective and competitive in the changing healthcare environment.

aXis Goals

• Analyze how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will impact your delivery of addiction services
• Discuss bringing rigor to the field and take charge of the discussion about treatment models
• Plan how to implement outcomes-based treatment in a “pay for performance” environment
• Determine how to assess and intake/refer appropriate clients for your program from both clinical and reimbursement perspectives
• Implement outcomes-based monitoring principles
• Evaluate current options for documenting, analyzing and reporting treatment results
• Develop proactive advocacy positions for improved patient care and industry standards
• Enhance your program’s financial stability
• Articulate model industry requirements and ethical standards for providers and payers
• Participate in a unique environment that fosters collaborative responses to industry challenges