Dr. Garbely is the Chief Medical Officer and the Executive Vice President for Medical Strategy, Education and Research at Caron Treatment Centers. He is also the Program Director for the Tower Health (Caron-Reading Hospital) Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program.
Dr. Garbely spearheaded a high-level initiative to train physicians in Addiction Medicine through the establishment of the Resident Training Program at Caron Pennsylvania. He also established an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program at Caron Pennsylvania and Reading Hospital. Dr. Garbely is a member of the American College of Academic Addiction Medicine and a Clinical Associate Professor at Penn State College of Medicine. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Drexel University College of Medicine and a member of the medical staff at Reading Hospital (Tower Health).
Dr. Garbely is the Chairman of the Physician in Training Committee of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), an ex-officio member of the ASAM Board, and a distinguished Fellow of ASAM. He received his board certifications through the American Board of Preventive Medicine, (Addiction Medicine Subspecialty), the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Prior to his current position, Dr. Garbely served as the Vice President of Medical Services and Medical Director of Caron Pennsylvania. With over two and a half decades of addiction medicine experience, Dr. Garbely has an extensive background in treating substance use disorders, including substance use disorders in healthcare professionals, executives, and pilots. He has worked to develop treatment programs for psychiatric patients involving a 12-Step philosophy. Dr. Garbely has won a myriad of teaching awards on the local and national level, including the American Psychiatric Association’s Helen Ruske, MD Award for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching.
Value-Based Agreements: Revolutionizing Addiction Treatment and Improving Outcomes
According to recent data published by Caron Treatment Centers and Independence Blue Cross, Value-Based Agreements (VBAs) can revolutionize the treatment of substance use disorder and have proven to provide positive outcomes for not only the patient, but the payer and treatment provider as well. A VBA established between Caron and IBC yielded a 5.6% 90-day readmission rate in 2019 compared to 11.6% – 25.7% of providers in the same cohort. This readmission rate post-treatment means a 90-day 94% rate of recovery. During this webinar, we will define the essential elements necessary to create a V...Read morealue-Based Agreement. We will also outline best practices to institute VBAs from a clinical and operational perspective, a model that can be replicated by treatment providers and payers to help more patients succeed in recovery. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Define the necessary elements of a “value-based agreement” in the behavioral healthcare setting.
- Describe how to apply verifiable data to outcomes measures to better inform and improve overall patient care.
- Explain the elements of a long-term disease management plan for substance use disorder that addresses co-occurring disorders.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Live Interactive Webinar
12:00 PM EDT - 01:00 PM EDT
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About the speakers
Joseph Garbely, DO, DFASAM
Bradley Sorte, MSW, MBA
Bradley Sorte serves as the chief revenue officer and executive vice president of the regional continuum for Caron Treatment Centers, as well as serving as part of the Caron Treatment Centers executive team.
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