Program Manager - Health IT Partnerships

As the Program Manager - Health IT Partnerships, you will work to accelerate the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s (ASAM) efforts to transform America's addiction treatment infrastructure, expanding access to research-validated, results-based care. Effective treatments for addiction exist but they are highly underutilized and often implemented in non-evidence-based ways. Training, education, and standards are the key to success and ASAM is at the forefront of that work. In this role, you will work collaboratively with ASAM’s leadership, board, and committees, as well as with national stakeholders, healthcare organizations, and state health officials who are working to reform the addiction treatment system.

In this role, you will work to identify and develop partnerships to expand the effective adoption of The ASAM Criteria®, the most widely used set of guidelines for treating patients with addiction. This may include partnerships with technology vendors, nonprofit associations, states, healthcare provider organizations, payers, and managed care organizations, among others, to foster innovative solutions for expanding implementation of and improving fidelity to The ASAM Criteria standards. Potential areas for innovative partnerships include the ASAM CONTINUUM® and Co-Triage® software products, ASAM Criteria-related training and consulting services, and the ASAM Level of Care Certification.

ASAM is a fast-growing professional medical society representing over 6,300 physicians, clinicians, and associated professionals who are leading the movement to transform America's addiction treatment infrastructure and expand access to research-validated, results-based care in the field of addiction medicine. This is an important time to be joining ASAM. Landmark legislation, H. R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, now provides significant resources in support of opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment. This funding allows communities to dramatically expand patient access to high quality, evidence-based, comprehensive care.

Responsibilities of the Program Manager - Health IT Partnerships

In this role, you will primarily focus on opportunities for expanding the use and reach of the ASAM Criteria tools and strategies.

Technology Vendors

• Manage relationships with existing and potential technology vendor partners.
• Meet with and evaluate potential technology vendors who are seeking to integrate the ASAM Criteria, CONTINUUM, or Co-Triage into their products. You will do this by:
  • Evaluating resource requirements and constraints
  • Defining the structure of the relationship
  • Examining partner needs, motivations, and goals
  • Evaluating the viability of potential partners
• Research new opportunities to build on the ASAM Criteria tools and strategies with technology vendors, payers, managed care organizations, utilization review systems, and healthcare systems.
• Develop use cases and workflows for potential partnerships.
• Present partnership opportunities to the ASAM Criteria Strategy Committee and/or ASAM’s Quality Improvement Council.

Other Partners

• Work with potential partners including nonprofit associations, states, healthcare provider organizations, payers, and managed care organizations, among others, to evaluate current systems and processes and identify business needs.
• Determine services that match each partner’s individual needs and connect them with appropriate internal teams to meet these needs. Needs may include training, technology implementation, consultation services, etc.
• Be the point of contact and the liaison between partners and ASAM teams. Facilitate the handoff to internal teams.
• Research states that can benefit from ASAM tools and strategies. Work with the Associate Director of Quality Improvement to create outreach plans to engage these states.
• Track ASAM’s relationships with states and work across ASAM departments to ensure coordination and effective communication.