DESCRIPTION

This presentation provides a primer on agency funding within a purchase-of-service model and enters discussion on how billable units (agency revenue) must be balanced by quality of care (patient outcomes).  Exploration of research on the relationship between documentation and productivity requirements on compassion fatigue and staff turnover.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Participants will gain understanding of how funding mechanisms impact productivity requirements
• Participants will recognize the relationship between productivity requirements, compassion fatigue, and staff retention.
• Participants will discuss methods of balancing productivity and client care quality

CONTINUING EDUCATION

This training includes 1 NAADAC continuing education credit. CE certificates will be emailed to all participants who attend the training in full.   

TRAINER

John M. Ellis LISW-S, LICDC-CS, ICCS

John became a full-time member of the University of Akron School of  Social Work beginning Fall of 2015. Overall, he has almost 35-year’s experience in the field of addictions and mental health. His academic and curriculum focus is on healthcare policy/ administration, addictions/mental illness, integrated healthcare, evidence-based interventions, workforce development, clinical supervision, and technology transfer. 

John remains a consultant with the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center in Madison Wisconsin, the Department of Psychiatry at the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) and is the former secretary of the Ohio Clinical Roundtable.

We look forward to seeing you at our training! 

Remember, to ensure all participants get the most out of these interactive virtual trainings,

we ask that everyone be prepared to do the following in every session:

The Great Lakes A/MH/PTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.