Description:
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has resulted in many changes that affect addiction, mental health, and medical professionals, especially regarding substance use prevention and treatment services like SBIRT. Professionals and organizations must be informed of how the ACA affects addiction treatment and recovery services in order to remain compliant, as well as maximally benefit from this historic bill. This free webinar primes you on the issues you want to know regarding how the ACA influences treatment models, patient profiles, service delivery, reimbursement, policy, your professional practice, and services like SBIRT.

Learning Objectives:
Understand the new health system landscape as a result of the ACA;
Understand how the ACA affects your professional practice; and
Identify how SBIRT can be integrated in order to prepare helping professionals to work in the framework of the ACA and the desired integration of substance abuse services into primary care.

Earn Continuing Education Credit:
If you have watched the webinar (either live or on-demand), you are eligible to receive a continuing education (CE) certificate to verify your time spent learning. To apply (only after watching the webinar), complete and pass the online CE Quiz at the top of this page. Members of NAADAC receive a Certificate of Completion for 1.5 CEs for free. Non-members of NAADAC receive 1 CE for $15 (make payment here). A CE certificate will be emailed to you within 21 days of submission and receiving payment, if applicable. Click here for a complete list of who accepts NAADAC Continuing Education Credit.

Presenter:
Eric Goplerud, PhD, is Vice President and Senior Fellow in the Public Health Department at NORC at the University of Chicago. Goplerud, who joined NORC in 2011, is a clinical psychologist and an expert on substance abuse treatment and prevention who was previously a senior research professor at George Washington University focusing on behavioral health policy. Prior to working at George Washington University, he held several senior policy leadership positions at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). In addition, Goplerud chaired the National Quality Forum’s Technical Advisory Panel that produced the consensus standards of evidence-based substance use treatment, and he co-chairs the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) Technical Advisory Panel that designed and is field testing alcohol and tobacco SBIRT performance measures for all hospital admissions.

Who Should Attend:
Addiction professionals, employee assistance professionals, social workers, mental health counselors, professional counselors, psychologists, and other helping professionals that are interested in learning about addiction-related matters.