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Between November 28, 1995, and July 26, 1996, the Division of State Programs, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, sponsored 10 health care reform workshops. Five workshops were held for State substance abuse agency officials, and five were held for substance abuse treatment providers. The purpose of these workshops was to provide an opportunity for State substance abuse agency officials and substance abuse treatment providers to gather new information; develop new contacts and information resources in their field; and discuss achievements, challenges, shared concerns, future directions, and their roles in the implementation of managed care for substance abuse treatment services for Medicaid and other publicly supported clients.

The agenda for the first two workshops evolved from recommendations of the original planning group that convened in August 1995. At this planning meeting, the participants decided to group the States by their particular status in health care reform. The following three groups were established: operational level, implementation level, and planning level. The agendas for the subsequent workshops evolved from the initial recommendations of the planning meeting, input from workshop participants, and ongoing discussions among CSAT personnel and advisors. The workshops were held at five locations, with State officials meeting for the first 2 days and treatment providers for the next 2 days. The locations and dates for the workshops are presented in Tables 1 and 2.

In an effort to continuously improve the quality of these health care reform workshops, participants were asked to evaluate individual presentations as well as the workshop as a whole. Participants rated (on a scale of 1–4, with 1 being poor and 4 being excellent) the quality of information for each speaker and discussion facilitator and rated their contribution to the workshop. For the general workshop evaluation, participants were asked whether to the level of material was appropriate to his or her State's current needs and were allowed to write their comments. They were also asked about ways in which they planned to use the information gained at the workshop. Finally, participants were asked to evaluate the overall quality of the workshop (again, on a 1B4 scale). The overall evaluation ratings for each workshop are presented in Tables 1 and 2. Participants' comments were examined for appropriate issues that may need to be addressed in future workshops, seminars, and/or publications. The issues and recommendations for addressing them appear in the Future Considerations section on page 6.(this portion is not available)

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