Clinical Excellence and Standards of Care

E4 - LOCUS National Update and Overview

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Location: Gaylord National, Chesapeake 1-3

Staff Moderator(s)

Joe Parks, MD

Medical Director
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Washington, District of Columbia

Workshop Presenter(s)

Michael Flaum, MD

President
American Association for Community Psychiatry
Iowa City, Iowa

Slides
Peter Metz, MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
University of Massachusetts Medical School & American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Worcester, Massachusetts

Learn about the principles of service intensity planning and how they relate to treatment planning and utilization management. This overview of the Level of Care Utilization System (LOCUS) includes an explanation of patient assessment and individual levels of care. Find out how consideration of service intensity planning improves whole person care and individualization of treatment.

Learning Objectives:

List the principles of service intensity planning
Relationship of service intensity planning to treatment planning and utilization management.
Relationship of service intensity planning to medical necessity criteria.
LOCUS levels of care.
LOCUS assessment domains.