Slide 5. Now

Administrative Overhaul Improves Access to Substance Abuse Services for Iowa Patients

Slide presentation describes the Innovations Exchange.

Now

  • Significant improvements:
    • 62.4% reduction in wait times
    • 12.5% increase in services to clients in the first 30 days
    • Over 62% fee-for-service revenue increase in one program
  • IDPH aligned:
    • Treatment, prevention, and gambling
  • Goal—System transition to a recovery-oriented system of care compatible with health care reform by 2014

Contents

Current as of October 2010
Internet Citation: Slide 5. Now: Administrative Overhaul Improves Access to Substance Abuse Services for Iowa Patients. October 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/clinicians-providers/kt/webinars/hcie/decker/deckersld5.html