NIATx Project on Partnering with New Payers Launches

Submitted by: 03/12/2012 by Maureen Fitzgerald


Thirty-one organizations representing 16 states are participating in the NIATx Partnering with New Payers Initiative. The project launched with its first Interest Circle Webinar on February 23. Over the course of this ten-month project, participants will build skills required to partner with private sector payers, including self-insurers, employee assistance programs, managed care companies, and insurance companies. 

In addition to learning best practices to improve billing and reduce claim denials, the participating organizations will learn how to use marketing techniques to attract new payers.  “Many treatment organizations that have relied solely on block grants or other public funding have not had to think about how to market their services to new payers,” says Amy McIlvaine, NIATx Director of Educational Services.  “This project will help participants develop an action plan with specific steps to follow for becoming a provider payers want to work with.” 

NIATx Partnering with New Payers, 2012 Participants 

1.     The Bridge

AL

2.     Project Ninety

CA

3.     Tahoe

CA

4.     River Region

FL

5.     Starting Place

FL

6.     North Central Behavioral Health

IL

7.     Man Alive

MD

8.     Mosaic

MD

9.     Tuerk House

MD

10.  Crossroads

ME

11.  Alternate Opportunities

MO

12.  Bridgeway Behavioral Health

MO

13.  Pathways

MO

14.  Preferred Health

MO

15.  Clay Wilson, Cognitive Connection

NC

16.  First Step

NC

17.  Sunrise Place

NE

18.  Seashore

NJ

19.  Team Management

NJ

20.  Bristlecone

NV

21.  Las Vegas Recovery Center

NV

22.  Family and Children’s Assoc.

NY

23.  Regional Economic Community

NY

24.  Catholic Charities

OH

25.  New Directions

OH

26.  Addictions Recovery Center

OR

27.  DePaul Treatment Center

OR

28.  Integrated Health Clinics

OR

29.  New Traditions

WA

30.  Triumph Treatment

WA

31.  Connections Counseling

WI

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