• Develop a standard insurance benefit package.

• Develop reimbursement mechanisms aligned with treatment goals, incorporate performance measures and outcome standards, and ensure rates sufficient to cover both costs and a surplus to support reinvestment.

• Develop a taxonomy of services and treatment levels reflecting best practices in the field.

• Develop a strategic plan for implementation of the Connecting Services and Research System (CSR).

• Promote organizational cultures that improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of services through the adoption of best business practices for program management and operations.

• Develop a CSAT National Workforce Development Program to perform the action steps defined in the NTP panel’s report.

• Conduct a substance abuse language audit.

• Conduct science-based marketing research to provide the foundation for a social marketing plan.

• Enter into formal memoranda of agreement with the appropriate federal partners for the development and operation of the CSR.

• Define and support processes for cross-system consensus on (a) evidence-based treatment protocols and (b) methods and measures for continuous monitoring of quality of care.

Source: "Changing the Conversation: The National Treatment Plan Initiative," CSAT, November 2000