Description
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) published the ASAM Criteria Fourth Edition in 2023. The ASAM Criteria is a comprehensive set of guidelines that use a holistic, patient-centered approach to developing plans of care for patients with addiction and co-occurring conditions. Additionally, the ASAM Criteria shapes California's substance use disorder licensing and payer (including Medi-Cal) standards that govern the SAPC Treatment Network, with a planned implementation in 2025. The ASAM Criteria has been updated to align with current state of addiction treatment science and practice, promotes, advance a chronic care model that supports seamless movement along the care continuum, and clarify (and where possible, simplify) criteria standards to support more effective implementation of the ASAM Criteria. This session will review the methodology used to develop the ASAM Criteria Fourth Edition, describe the major changes from the ASAM Criteria Third Edition to the Fourth Edition, and discuss the prospective implications for SAPC treatment provider agencies.
Learning Objectives
- Recall how the ASAM Criteria assessment dimensions have shifted from the 3rd edition to the 4th edition.
- Describe how the levels of care defined within the ASAM Criteria continuum of care for adults have shifted from the 3rd edition to the 4th edition.
- Discuss the major service standards required within each level of care defined by the ASAM Criteria 4th edition and the service standards that should be available throughout the continuum of care described by the ASAM Criteria.
Attachments Available for Download
ASAM Criteria 4th Edition Slides.pdf
Intended Audience
This training recording is a free introductory training and appropriate for the following disciplines within the SAPC Provider Network:
- Registered and Certified Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Counselors
- LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs & Licensed Eligible (LE) AMFT, ACSW, APCC
- Psychologists and Registered Psychological Associates
- Medical Directors, Clinicians & Other Medical Personnel
- Certified Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialists
- All Clinical Trainees and staff providing substance use treatment services
Instructor
Brian Hurley, MD, MBA, FAPA, DFASAM, is an addiction physician and the Medical Director of the Bureau of Substance Abuse Prevention and Control in the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. He is a previous president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He is a volunteer assistant clinical professor of addiction medicine at the UCLA Department of Family Medicine.
Hours/CEs
1 hour and 37 minutes. Please see CE Approval section for continuing education details.
Format
This course is a recording of a live virtual training with closed caption.
Process
Participants will read and/or listen to a recording of a live virtual training. At the end of the trainings, participants must obtain at least 80% as a passing score for the completion of this training and receive CE credits. CE certificate or certificate of attendance will be available for printing upon completion.
Prerequisites
None
CE Approval
This course meets the qualifications for one and a half (1.5) hours of continuing education credit/contact
hours (CEs/CEHs). Los Angeles County (LAC)-Department of Public Health (DPH) Substance Abuse
Prevention and Control (SAPC) is an approved provider of continuing education for CMPSS (CalMSHA,
#1014); CAODCs, SUDRCs, SUDCCs (CADTP, #181) and for RADTs I/II, CADCs-CASs, CADCs I/II, CADCs-CSs
and LAADCs (CCAPP-EI, #4-19-316-0725), and for CATCs I/II/III/IV/V/N/i/R (CAADE CEU Provider #: CP40
989 AHC 0725).
Los Angeles County-Department of Public Health (LAC-DPH) Substance Abuse Prevention and Control
(SAPC) is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing professional
education for psychologists. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts continuing education
credit granted by the California Psychological Association or by any of its Approved Providers. LAC-DPH
SAPC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is accredited by the California Medical Association
(CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health designates this enduring activity for a maximum of
1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the
extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure
County of Los Angeles, Department of Public Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control does not receive commercial support for the content of these trainings.
Questions and Concerns:
If you have any questions related to the training content and continued education, please email SAPC.CST@PH.LACOUNTY.GOV.
If you have any questions or concerns with the training, please email INFO@SAPC-LNC.ORG.
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