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If you're considering expanding your existing medical or mental health practice into a full-fledged addiction treatment center in Ohio, you're making a timely decision. The state is facing a significant challenge with substance abuse, particularly opioids, and there's a growing need for quality treatment options.
Recent data shows that in 2019, an estimated 4,028 people died of unintentional drug overdose in Ohio, a 7% increase from the previous year. The African American community has been particularly hard hit, with opioid-related deaths increasing by 38% between 2018 and 2019.
These sobering statistics underscore the urgent need for more addiction treatment services in Ohio. If you're ready to take your practice to the next level and help address this crisis, here's what you need to know about transitioning to an addiction treatment center in the Buckeye State.
Understanding Ohio's Licensing Requirements for Addiction Treatment Providers
As of 2019, Ohio state code 5119.35 requires most addiction treatment providers to obtain state licensure. This includes entities providing residential, outpatient, or withdrawal management services.
If you're currently operating as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or group practice, you may be exempt from this requirement. However, as you transition into a full treatment center, you'll likely need to obtain certification from the state.
Navigating the Certification Process
In Ohio, addiction treatment providers seeking certification are referred to as "Community Behavioral Health Agencies." This terminology is used by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, which oversees the certification process.
To begin the certification process, you'll need to familiarize yourself with the Licensure and Certification Tracking System (LACTS). This online portal is where you'll submit your application and track its progress.
Steps to Transition Your Practice into a Treatment Center
Assess Your Current Practice: Evaluate your existing services, staff, and facilities to determine what changes are needed to meet the requirements of a full treatment center.
Develop a Transition Plan: Create a detailed plan outlining the steps needed to expand your services, hire additional staff, and modify your facilities if necessary.
Create an OH|ID Account: To access LACTS, you'll need to create an OH|ID account. This can be done with or without an Ohio State Driver's License.
Register Your Organization: Once you have an OH|ID account, sign into the OhioMHAS Portal to register your organization and begin the application process.
Request Access to LACTS: After registering your organization, you'll need to request access to LACTS. This can be done through the iPortal Dashboard by selecting the LACTS (Organization Administrator) icon under "My Applications."
Complete the Application: Work through the LACTS application, providing all required information about your expanded services, staff qualifications, and facilities.
Prepare for Inspection: Once your application is submitted, prepare for a potential on-site inspection to verify compliance with state regulations.
For more detailed guidance on using LACTS, refer to the LACTS Organization Admin User Guide.
Considerations for Expanding Your Practice
As you transition your practice into a treatment center, keep these factors in mind:
Staffing: You may need to hire additional staff with specialized addiction treatment expertise.
Facilities: Assess whether your current facilities can accommodate group therapy sessions and other treatment modalities.
Services: Determine what level of care you'll provide (outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, residential) and ensure you meet all requirements for each.
Policies and Procedures: Develop comprehensive policies and procedures that align with state regulations for addiction treatment centers.
Billing and Insurance: Familiarize yourself with billing procedures for addiction treatment services and consider expanding your accepted insurance plans.
We're Here to Help with Your Transition
Transitioning from a practice to a full addiction treatment center can be complex, but you don't have to navigate it alone. Behave Health is committed to making it easier - and more profitable - to operate evidence-based, results-focused addiction treatment centers.
Our all-in-one app puts clinical, administration, staff, admissions, alumni, residents, treatment plans, billing, insurance authorizations and more - all at your fingertips. Get your expanded organization off to a strong start from the beginning. Don't let disorganization and chaos stifle your business' potential.
Get your free trial started today and see why more addiction treatment centers prefer Behave Health.
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2024 Product Update
Hello Behave Customers!
I wanted to share a look-back at the product progress the Behave Team has accomplished so far in 2024 and the second half of 2023. We got more done than ever before!
Our focus has been on the top feature requests on our roadmap. I am excited to share a long list of key updates that puts Behave All-in-one software in a class of its own. If you haven’t seen our product in a while, please reply to this email or click here to schedule zoom demo today!
Fully Custom Forms
Customize your notifications for submissions and updates
Variables support for account-wide variables, time variables, and form level variables
Complete redesign of the Form Builder UI
Addition of Form Inboxes under every relevant record: Clients, Staff, Organizations, Programs and more
Support for new custom forms in Client Portal
Exports to PDF & CSV
Support for signature workflows
Support for Addendums
New Table Component (like excel tables for capturing structured data)
Added support for file uploads
and much more!
Customizable Rounds Rosters
create your own rounds templates
Round Notes
Safety Checks
test results capture - UA, Breathalyzer, and Vital Signs
Medications - administration Logs, Incident Logs, Destruction Logs
Bed checks
Program compliance checks
Custom Client Workflows Applicants, Admits, Discharges, Re-admits
added required steps to the workflows
added instructions text to the workflows for leadership to guide staff
Added payment method capture to the workflows
Added revoking client portal access to discharge workflow
Major Calendar Improvements including attendance rosters flowing to clinical notes
Now supporting fully customizable clinical, medical, nursing records
Automatic monthly electronic verification of benefits checks
Behave has updated the GPS feature and released updates to our Android Apps
Custom Applications - Support for unlimited applications form version - Have as many different applications forms to use for different scenarios: website, men/womens programs, partner, special populations, etc.
Client Grievance Notes in EHR & Client Portal
Client Portal supports To-Do and Calendar Event Creation
Behave AI Actions
Quick Text update to support categories
New integrations page settings to centralize all external integrations
Behave Community in beta
All Partner Bed Dashboard
Internal & Shared Data separation
Client Portal support for clients self-adding medications to list and new logs
Excel Reports - Added hyperlinks to Behave Records in record exports
Treatment Plans 2.0
Support for multiple plan types: Medical, Clinical, Peer, Case Mgmt
Easy linking from treatment plans to clinical & peer notes
Added GIRP note type to clinical notes
Peer Notes are a new type of note that also support insurance billing as well
Medication Incident Logs - to expand the coverage of tracking records
Admin HR Notes - for sensitive HR records only viewable by Account Owners and Administrators
Data Importers - new customers can import a wide variety of data now to make switching easier!
Client Journals built into client portal - gratitude journal, personal journal, personal inventory
Stay tuned for more from Behave Health, we have additional capabilities planned that will make our product even more useful for you!
Ben Weiss - Founder & CEO BehaveHealth.com