Can you believe the first month of January is already ending. How fast time flies. New Year's resolutions have faded, but be reminded that there is always hope! DARS and Outreach Services wants you to remember to take care of yourselves, don't forget there is help available throughout the whole year. Don't wait to help your loved one. Don't wait to help yourself. Life is so short and we cannot afford to keep letting time slip away. Call today, we're here to help in any way!
DARS & Outreach Services is dedicated to providing confidential assessments and recommending quality referrals for placement, intervention and hope for those in need of recovery.
Our Mission is to provide services to the public to inform and educate what treatment services are available and viable for them. It is our goal to match them with the most appropriate center for their needs regardless of their geographical, medical or financial restrictions.
Our team is well versed in the treatment industry and keeps up to date on current methods of treatment as well as treatment options that are available nationwide. We participate in conferences, events, and other community related opportunities so that we may better serve our audience. Every call is handled with compassion, confidentiality, and care. Recovery is for everyone!
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Marketing with Us
In addition to providing referrals to our recommended treatment centers Outreach Services can market your services to a larger audience. We attend conferences nationwide and share our booth to minimize costs for you. You can attend conferences now at a fraction of the normal costs. Typically a savings of more than 50% so you can keep your marketing dollars in check or in treatment services.
to discuss our conference schedule or to add your event to our schedule.
What are Outreach Services?
"Outreach services" can be broadly defined as the provision of a set of services that identify appropriate candidates for treatment, and provide referrals and placement, intervention and other information that supports and enables access to treatment and recovery.
The definition of outreach services is quite broad, and often encompasses many forms of mental and physical health. We specifically provide outreach related to addiction and mental health, providing information related to intervention, detox from drugs and alcohol, adolescent treatment, eating disorders, trauma disorders, drug and alcohol addiction, and patients with a dual diagnosis of addiction and a co-occurring disorder such as depression and anxiety.
In addition to assisting with assessments as to what scope of treatment is needed, we specialize in providing referrals to appropriate specialists or facilities, and can help with insurance and financing questions. We work with patients, families and professionals in the field, and our services are free to the public and confidential.
If you need help, or if you have more questions about how Outreach Services can help you, contact us today. All services provided are confidential.
Thank you for your interest and contacting Outreach Services.
FEATURED COLLEAGUES
Pat Kelly
Certified Addiction Treatment Counselor and Board Registered Interventionist
Pat Kelly is a member of the Association of Intervention Specialists. She has been helping people with addictions in Calif. for over 25 years. She has been married 43 years, has 4 children and 3 grandchildren.
She worked in Psychiatric Hospitals for 10 years and was Director of Intake and Assessment. She put together an intake training packet several years ago and trains facilities on answering phones. If anyone wants a copy she will be happy to give them one. She has worked at different treatment facilities, was an EAP Consultant, mentors interventionists and is currently a consultant for facilities with their Utilization Review for insurance companies. She does interventions on all ages and all addictions and would like to start doing them on obese people.
She is also a member of the Emergency Response Intervention Team in Orange County. They respond on an emergency basis and help the addicted person get the proper placement immediately.
In October of 2007 Pat was diagnosed with colon cancer. She did chemo and radiation and had surgery at City of Hope in February of 2008. She is currently 5 years cancer free and lives everyday to the fullest.
In June of 2012 she was Honored with the Sierra Tucson Gratitude Lifetime Achievement Award in Beverly Hills for her support and help in turning peoples lives around in the addiction field.
We are have worked in the field with Pat for many years and our Proud to know Pat. Always a pleasure and a Great Resource. Thank you Pat for your continued commitment and support.
Networking Partner
Sherry Gaba is a Psychotherapist and Life Coach specializing in individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy and maintains a private practice in Westlake Village, CA located near Malibu, Westlake, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, West Hills, Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, Simi Valley, and Moorpark, CA.
With over fifteen years of experience as a clinician, and a graduate of USC specializing in addictions, eating disorders, parenting, single parenting, divorce, and life coaching, Sherry is currently serving as a private practitioner working with a broad spectrum of clients.
Sherry was the go-to expert for Dr. Drew Pinsky's Celebrity Rehab show on VH1 and later on the spin-off, VH1's Sober House as well as Celebrity Rehab's Sex Addiction. Sherry is a practical, interactive, solution-focused therapist. Her intuitive insights approach provides support and practical feedback to help clients resolve current problems and long-standing patterns. She incorporates a blend of conventional and alternatives approaches such as mindfulness skills and somatic experiencing energy work, drawing upon a variety of styles and techniques to incorporate what will be most helpful for each client. With sensitivity and compassion, she works with each client to help them build on their strengths to identify and achieve life goals.
Sherry's book:
Other Opportunities from Sherry:
A Moment of Change airs weekly on Tuesdays from 6-7:00pm Eastern Hosted by Psychotherapist Sherry Gaba and Spiritual Coach Cathleen O'Connor. The show features interviews with some of today's top healers, authors and spiritual teachers and reaches an audience of over 40,000 listeners.
As you all know insurance companies are implementing procedures to delay payments. One of the variables; NO Authorization for PHP and IOP.
This initially feel like coverage is a guarantee. It may or may not be! What several of the insurance companies are doing following sending the claim; is asking for the chart to review appropriateness of services.
The documentation you send must meet all criteria for all levels of care that were utilized by your facility. Starting with the Level of Care Assessment Tool (LOCAT) a common guideline to help evaluate the patient's symptoms utilizing the health dimensions to assist with appropriate placement:
1. Acute Dangerousness: suicidal. homicidal and irritability/Aggression/Mania Include level of risk in terms of detox needs, medical/behavioral
2. Functional Impairment: Determine the severity of impairment in function ie: social isolation, nutritional, sleep, work and home environment.
3. Mental Status and Co-morbid Factors: patient's stressors, including appearance, thought process, delusions, or hallucinations, behavioral/neurological and orientation and co-occurring substance abuse.
4. Psychosocial factors assess outside influences that may be affecting patient, ie: family, housing, school, employment and support systems.
5. Additional other modifiers examines appropriate level of care needed, which may include previous treatment,personal resources:
These are standards for Patient Records ( Chart/File)
Our licensed and experienced clinical staff can help maximize your patients' benefits by obtaining maximum stays based on clinical data and best practice at the highest levels of care.
Billing and Collections
UR1 Professionals' teams are experts in the field of billing and collection for behavioral health providers and facilities. Our in-depth knowledge of the treatment industry permits us to deliver the highest amount of reimbursement with unique services and processes.
Staff Training
To help ensure efficiency and proficiency UR1 will provides training
Staff training to ensure authorization and concurrent reviews for improved lengths of stay
Assist counselors and therapist to increase their knowledge of insurance reviews criteria, and skills with documentation to get coverage and continued stay.
Review of ASAM and Mental Status for Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
Utilizing information for outcome studies that help you increase efficiency and effectiveness
