Essential Substance Abuse Skills Webinar Series

Hosted by the National American Indian and Alaskan Native ATTC

August 21, 2013

12:00 PM To 1:30 PM

Iowa City, Iowa

Part of the Essential Substance abuse skills webinar series, this training is designed to provide entry-level substance abuse counselors a review in preparation for the substance abuse certification/licensure exam and provide continued education for advance professionals. This session discusses building relationships and coordinating services and resources, reassessing readiness of change, referrals, information exchange, ethical issues, use of consultants and multidisciplinary team, client follow-up.

Davenport, IA
September 10, 2013
Best Western Plus
100 W 76th Street
Davenport, IA 52806-1339

As CMS continues to make swift changes for 2013 and the future, it is more important than ever that psychologists, social workers, counselors and therapists have an understanding of proper coding and billing for inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy and mental health services, and the constantly changing requirements of Medicare, Medicaid and third party insurers. In addition to significant CPT coding changes for 2013, providers will need to understand how to use the newly released DSM-5 for assigning accurate ICD-9-CM codes to support mental health diagnoses and services provided. Providers will also need to prepare for the 2014 implementation of ICD-10-CM and the crosswalk from ICD-9-CM codes.

This timely one-day workshop will provide behavioral health professionals with guidelines for ensuring accurate use of diagnosis and procedure codes, and the documentation and clinical reasoning necessary to support medical necessity for services provided. You will understand the documentation requirements of Medicare and third-party insurers, why claims are denied, and the proper procedures for appealing denials.

Essential Substance Abuse Skills Webinar Series

Hosted by the National American Indian and Alaskan Native ATTC

September 18, 2013

12:00 PM To 1:30 PM

Iowa City, Iowa

Part of the Essential Substance abuse skills webinar series, this training is designed to provide entry-level substance abuse counselors a review in preparation for the substance abuse certification/licensure exam and provide continued education for advance professionals. This session discusses working with diverse populations; confidentiality, documentation, crisis intervention and management, personal attitudes and values and ethical issues.

Essential Substance Abuse Skills Webinar Series

Hosted by the National American Indian and Alaskan Native ATTC

October 16, 2013

12:00 PM To 1:30 PM

Iowa City, Iowa

Part of the Essential Substance abuse skills webinar series, this training is designed to provide entry-level substance abuse counselors a review in preparation for the substance abuse certification/licensure exam and provide continued education for advance professionals. This session discusses models of group counseling and their application to substance abuse treatment, group dynamics, process and content concepts, appropriateness of various models and strategies for diverse groups. 

Essential Substance Abuse Skills Webinar Series

Hosted by the National American Indian and Alaskan Native ATTC

November 20, 2013

12:00 PM To 1:30 PM

Iowa City, Iowa

Essential Substance Abuse Skills Webinar Series

Hosted by the National American Indian and Alaskan Native ATTC

December 18, 2013

12:00 PM To 1:30 PM

Iowa City, Iowa

Part of the Essential Substance abuse skills webinar series, this training is designed to provide entry-level substance abuse counselors a review in preparation for the substance abuse certification/licensure exam and provide continued education for advance professionals. This session discusses Culturally relevant formal and informal education programs, infectious disease to include HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and Tuberculosis.