SAMHSA’s new - Implementing Change in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

"Substance abuse treatment organizations must adapt to factors imposed by the health-care system. Changes in managed care and reimbursement affect the entire substance abuse treatment system and are keenly felt at the provider level. Healthcare systems expand and contract, compelling organizations to adopt new policies and procedures. Cuts in managed care reimbursement for substance abuse programs render substance abuse treatment facilities increasingly dependent on public funding (Macmaster et al., 2005, p. 70). New regulations are implemented, revised, and repealed, often imposing additional administrative burdens. "(p1-2)

Implementing Change in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Technical Assistance Publication (TAP) Series 31 offers guidance on how to integrate evidence-based practices (EBPs) for substance abuse treatment into clinical practice. Informed by the realities of many substance abuse treatment providers, it suggests efficient solutions for implementing change based on proven methods.
A practical step-by-step narrative, explains how to assess an organization's capacity to identify priorities, implement changes, evaluate progress, and sustain effective programs over the long run.

This TAP complements the best practices offered to administrators in the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment's (CSAT's) Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs) and will be of use for any treatment program or agency implementing change or EBPs. The target audience is administrators attempting to integrate EBPs into their programs.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.
Implementing Change in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs. Technical Assistance Publication Series 31. HHS Publication No. (SMA) 09-4377. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2009.