Total Credits: 1 including 1.0 BOP, 1.0 BOSW, 1.0 LADC, 1.0 LPC/LPCC, 1.0 MBMFT
Rigorous research informing ASAM 4.0 criteria shows that optional recovery residence support, especially for housing-insecure individuals and those utilizing Medicaid, improves SUD treatment engagement and outcomes. ASAM Criteria Editor-in-Chief Corey Waller, MD, and Fredrikson and Byron PA Health Care Practice Chair David Glaser, Esq., discuss the evolving clinical principles and legal considerations affecting the link between outpatient SUD care and recovery residence support.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Understand how recovery residence support improves SUD treatment outcomes, especially for housing-insecure individuals and Medicaid recipients.
Explore the clinical principles behind integrating recovery residence support in outpatient SUD care.
Identify key legal considerations impacting the link between outpatient SUD care and recovery residence support.
Corey Waller, MD, MS, FACEP, DFASAM is boardcertified in emergency and addiction medicine with extensive experience at the local, state, and national levels. He is involved with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and related organizations to advance the evidence-based practice of treatment and recovery for individuals affected by addiction. A nationally recognized expert in substance use disorder (SUD), he is editor in chief of The ASAM Criteria®. Dr. Waller also currently serves on ASAM’s legislative advocacy committee. He has been involved with ASAM in numerous other capacities including as a member of the public policy coordinating council, finance committee, and planning committees for various ASAM education courses.
David M. Glaser is a shareholder in Fredrikson & Byron’s Health Law Group. David assists clinics, hospitals, and other health care entities negotiate the maze of health care regulations, providing advice about reimbursement, and business planning issues. He has considerable experience in health care regulation and litigation, including compliance, criminal and civil fraud investigations, and reimbursement disputes. David’s goal is to explain the government’s enforcement position, and to analyze whether this position is supported by the law or represents government overreaching.