Change Healthcare Partners With The American Society Of Addiction Medicine To Streamline Utilization Management For Addiction Treatment

Change Healthcare, in partnership with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), introduced The ASAM Criteria Powered by InterQual, a software-as-a-service solution to improve how organizations provide utilization management for addiction treatment. The solution integrates into existing care-management workflows to streamline the time needed for consumer assessment and increase consistency for the prior authorization process.

The ASAM Criteria is a widely used and comprehensive set of guidelines for placement, continued stay, and transfer/discharge of consumers with addiction and co-occurring conditions. Previously, the guidelines only existed in print, e-book, and provider organization-assessment formats . . .