Addictions Treatment — The Current Path To Value 

The fundamental paradigm shift that has happened in addictions treatment financing and the future of “value” in addiction treatment were the focus of a great session, Addictions Treatment: The Case For Value at the OPEN MINDS 2021 Performance Management Institute. Ashley Gibson, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s Director of Payer Relations, Contracts, and Utilization and Lauren Sims, Anthem’s Behavioral Health Program Director, presented their shared journey to value-based care. They discussed how the relationship between addiction treatment provider organizations and the health plans that pay them has been reshaped. The focus has moved away from length of stay . . .