FW: ASAP Managed Care Survey: Please Respond by 5/2
Larry Calkins
From: Ashley Behrle [mailto:ABe...@asapnys.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:37 AM
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Subject: RE: ASAP Managed Care Survey: Please Respond by 5/2
Importance: High
A reminder to complete the survey at the link below if your agency has not yet already responded, and please share this survey through your networks. Thank you
From: Ashley Behrle [mailto:ABe...@asapnys.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:49 PM
Subject: ASAP Managed Care Survey: Please Respond by 5/2
ASAP's Insurance/Managed Care Committee, and many ASAP members, have had increasing discussions and inquiries related to Managed Care insurance practices, including:
· Increases in co-pays being imposed on clients because SUD services are being characterized as “specialty services."
· Rates of reimbursement that are below/well below their cost to treatment programs (shifting the cost to the provider and/or the state).
· Denials of access to care in the face of clinical justification for that care.
ASAP would like to assist providers in combating these issues which infringe upon good access to care, reasonable reimbursement for care and fiscal viability of care provision. Please take a few moments to answer the questions below to help us gather statewide information that can be utilized in our advocacy efforts related to these issues.
Please note that we will keep all responses to this survey completely confidential, and identifying information will not be used in our shared survey results.
Please share the link to this survey widely through your networks. Responses are due no later than COB 5/2/13. Thank you, and feel free to contact the ASAP office with any questions.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JVHR3ST
Ashley Behrle, LMSW
Project Director
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State, Inc.
1 Columbia Place
Albany NY 12207
Phone: 518-426-3122
Fax: 518-426-1046
ABe...@asapnys.org
www.asapnys.org