The ASAM Criteria 4th Edition: What Recovery Residences Need to Know

Recovery residences are an essential part of the addiction treatment continuum, providing a supportive social milieu and/or supportive housing for individuals in recovery. The ASAM Criteria, 4th Edition is a comprehensive set of guidelines for placement, continued stay, transfer, or discharge of patients with addiction and co-occurring conditions. The ASAM Criteria, 4th Edition recognizes the importance of recovery residences in supporting individuals in their recovery journey. For many patients, the need for recovery supportive housing with a supportive social milieu and/or supportive housing may extend past the need for residential treatment.

The ASAM 4th edition changes have a significant impact on recovery residences. The changes in the ASAM 4th edition impact the delivery of care in recovery residences. Recovery residences need to comply with the ASAM 4th edition changes to provide quality care to their residents.

One way recovery residences can comply with the ASAM 4th edition changes is by implementing EHR software. EHR software is a digital record-keeping system that can help recovery residences comply with the ASAM 4th edition changes. EHR software can improve the quality of care provided in recovery residences by providing accurate and up-to-date information about residents' treatment plans, progress, and outcomes. Recovery residences can use EHR software to track residents' progress and ensure that they are receiving the appropriate level of care. Behave Health Corp, a healthcare software company that sells EHR, CRM, RCM all-in-one software to providers that deliver substance use disorder and mental health treatment services, offers EHR software with insurance billing capabilities built for recovery residences. Sober Living App is another EHR software with insurance billing capabilities built for recovery residences.

Another way recovery residences can comply with the ASAM 4th edition changes is by implementing insurance billing capabilities. Insurance billing capabilities are essential for recovery residences to receive reimbursement for the services they provide. Recovery residences need to be able to bill insurance companies for the services they provide to their residents. Insurance billing capabilities can help recovery residences comply with the ASAM 4th edition changes by ensuring that they are receiving the appropriate reimbursement for the services they provide. Behave Health Corp and Sober Living App are examples of EHR software with insurance billing capabilities built for recovery residences.

The use of EHR software and insurance billing capabilities can improve the overall quality of care provided in recovery residences. Recovery residences that have successfully implemented EHR software and insurance billing capabilities have seen improvements in the accuracy and completeness of their records, as well as increased reimbursement for the services they provide. However, recovery residences may face challenges when implementing EHR software and insurance billing capabilities, such as the cost of implementation and training staff to use the software.

In conclusion, recovery residences play a critical role in supporting individuals in their recovery journey. The ASAM 4th edition changes have a significant impact on recovery residences, and recovery residences need to comply with these changes to provide quality care to their residents. EHR software and insurance billing capabilities are essential tools that recovery residences can use to comply with the ASAM 4th edition changes and improve the quality of care provided. Recovery residences should consider implementing EHR software and insurance billing capabilities, such as Behave Health Corp and Sober Living App, to improve the quality of care provided to their residents.

Chaotic Admissions and Billing? Check Out Sober Living Apps' Admissions 2.0 Update

One of the best parts of working on the team at the Sober Living App is working with sober living home operators around the country. Leading by example, the recovery housing community continually inspires us to work harder and stretch further than we thought possible. 

At the Sober Living App, we don’t just serve the recovery community, we are the recovery community. 

That being the case, it makes sense that we take a lot of our business ideas and inspiration directly from the wisdom of the recovery community. 

Here’s one of the big ones: We’re always hustling to improve the service we offer to others.

As COVID-19 has swept through the country, we’ve all changed the way we live. The sober living world has felt these changes acutely. 

At the Sober Living App, we listen when our users tell us that things need to change, and fast. So, we rolled up our sleeves and got to work, making the best all-in-one software solution for sober living home operators even better and even more useful in a changing world. 

The result? A smoother and more powerful app experience than you ever imagined, especially designed to take on all of the new challenges sober living home operators are facing today.

Read on to learn about the brand new features you’ll find in the new Sober Living App Behave Admissions 2.0 Summer 2020 Update.

Problem: Your clunky, time consuming admissions process involves a ton of multicolored paperwork, a lot of signature bottlenecks and awkward payment collection. 

Solution: Our Summer 2020 Update removes all remaining admissions drama and replaces it with a zen-like digital process that’s 100% clean, simple and smart. 

Here’s how. 

A singular workflow eliminates user error and guides even the most newbie employee through the entire process, start to finish. 

The application form is customized. It’s online in the cloud. Potential residents can fill it out on their phone wherever they are. Once completed, all of the information they’ve entered into the application automatically populates the rest of your system.

Finally, we’ve added one-click signature gathering to our admissions process so you can now collect signatures via text or email from all parties. No more bottlenecks. 

Problem: Your cash flow has slowed to a trickle. You’re not paid, or if you are paid, it’s not on time. Your “billing department” is an afterthought. Worst case? You’re tracking “money stuff” on a spreadsheet.

Solution: Step away from the spreadsheet and meet your new bespoke billing assistant, designed especially for sober living home operators. 

Create a services menu using the services book feature and change the pricing wherever you want. 

Take 10 different types of payment, including Venmo and CashApp, automatically through our resident portal. 

Let mom and dad cover payments easily with our simple multiple payer feature. 

Wasting time chasing late payments? Stop. Our recurring automatic billing assistant creates new bills as they become due and sends automatic reminders to residents until they pay up. 

Problem: COVID-19 has generated several new categories of information that you need to collect from residents. Temperatures and test results are buried in electronic notes or jotted down on stickies.  

Solution: Build COVID into your system. 

As we’re learning, the coronavirus is not temporary. This “new normal” is going to be happening for a while. We’ve accepted what we can’t change, and you can, too. In our summer update, you’ll find:

• Vital signs tracking (including temperature)

• COVID-19 test results tracking 

• Specific coronavirus risk-factor questions built into the new resident application 

Ready to See More? 

Our summer Admissions 2.0 Update is just the icing on the cake. 

The Sober Living App is the most powerful, most thoughtful all-in-one app for the sober living community on the market today. 

Operating sober living homes is hard, but it doesn’t have to be chaotic. Let us show you how easy (and profitable) it is to bring order to your sober living home. 

Claim your free trial today. 

Sober Living App's New Billing Assistant Makes Getting Paid Even Easier

It’s probably safe to say that collecting payments at your sober living home isn’t your favorite part of the job. Few people get into sober living home management for the pleasure of collecting rent. 

But every month, COVID-19 or no, it needs to be done. 

At Sober Living App, we’re excited to announce some new tools we’ve added to our Summer 2020 update that are designed to make getting paid as easy as possible - every time.

Sober Living Homes Often Collect Payments in a Disorganized Way

Many sober living homes collect rent haphazardly. Your sober living home manager might set up a box to collect checks, maintaining a spreadsheet to track who’s paid and who still needs to chip in. That’s sober living home bill collection at its most basic.

The pitfalls in this system are obvious:

• It takes a lot of time to personally remind residents of the payment due date 

• More time is wasted on reminding late payers to settle their accounts 

• It’s logistically complicated for multiple payers to chip in on a single account 

• It’s easy to lose track of who’s paid and who hasn’t

• Physical checks and cash are time consuming to process  

There’s a better way.

Here’s The Changes We’ve Made to the Make Sober Living Home Billing Easier 

At Sober Living App, we’ve always made it easy for sober living homes to collect payments online. Residents have always been able to view bills and make payments on their phone using the resident portal. Our easy cloud-based application allows new residents to make move-in payments as they are completing the intake paperwork on their phone. 

It was a good start. 

But for our 2020 Summer Update, we’ve made a few key changes to really kick your billing efforts into high gear. 

Read on to learn more about how these tools and features will help keep your sober living home profitable with less time and effort. 

Our Click Through Services Book Make it a Snap to Collect Sober Living Home Rent 

Our new Services Book makes it easy to create a prefab “menu” of services your sober living home offers with built-in pricing. Simply choose the service, the date and the resident and the bill completes itself. 

Write a title and description of the service, along with the price, and set the billing cycle as monthly, bi-monthly, weekly or daily. You can assign the service to a particular property, as well. 

For example, if you offer weekly massages at two different properties at two different price points, you can easily set that up in the services book in order to avoid confusion and ensure consistent pricing within each property. We take care of the rest.

Easy Automated Repeating Charges Take the Pressure Off Your Sober Living Home Manager 

If you run a sober living home, then you have repeating charges. Rent, storage space, amenities: these all take place on a repeating basis. 

Our automated repeating charges feature make payment collection truly “set and forget.” Sit back and watch our repeating charges feature generate bills (and send reminders!) at whatever frequency works for your sober living home. It’s that easy.  

Our Updated Billing Assistant Gives Your Sober Living Home the Ability to Seamlessly Collect from Multiple Payers 

It’s so common for sober living home residents to rely on relatives or friends to help with their monthly expenses. Our Billing Assistant makes it easy for anyone to help out your residents with their financial obligations - anywhere, anytime, all from the convenience of their phone.

Now Your Sober Living Home Can Collect Even More Payment Methods

All major credit cards? Of course. 

Cash, bank account, money order? Check. 

Paypal? Check. 

What about Cash App, Venmo and Zelle? You bet. 

We’ve expanded our collection of payment methods to reflect the ways sober living home residents want to pay their bills today. Why put up extra hurdles for your residents when you can make it easy for them to pay their bills using the payment method they feel most comfortable with? 

Happy residents means a healthier, happier sober living home environment for them - and you!

We’re Here to Help Your Sober Living Home Succeed 

Think these new tools might help your sober living home run more smoothly with less effort? 

Curious to learn more? 

Reach out to us to claim your free trial to see the Sober Living App difference today.