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Richard Brown, Agency for Community Treatment Services, Inc., Tampa, USA(rbrown@actsfl.org)The behavioural health care delivery industry in the United States is presently engaged in a rapidchange cycle to incorporate the best of science informed care while simultaneously adjustingbusiness models to respond to policy changes in the financing of services. To effectivelyresponds to these changes, service providers are incorporating perpetual review and alignmentprocesses to evaluate clinical, technological, and administrative practices against consumerneeds, payer preference and stakeholder satisfaction. To remain market responsive, providersmust continually evaluate, and where appropriate, incorporate science informed interventions;medical and technological advancements; and business practices that support efficiency andpromote productivity. This session utilizes experience gained in an applied behavioural healthsetting to frame the issues and demonstrate the benefits of employing a perpetual alignmentprocess business model. Particular emphasis is targeted to practice alignments that focus onpayer and consumer needs and preferences; workforce composition and the development ofprofessionals and specialists; product branding and marketing; strategic alliances and affiliations;research to practice initiatives; outcomes and performance measurement; integrated care; andhealth information exchange.Legislative and Regulatory Reform Initiatives in Five U.S. States: Experiences ofa Mutual Assistance Program for States (MAPS)A. Thomas McLellan, The Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia, USA(TMcLellan@tresearch.org)Mady Chalk, The Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia, USA (mchalk@tresearch.org)Jack Kemp, The Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia, USA (jkemp@tresearch.org)Even robust research evidence on effective substance abuse interventions has rarely made itsway into broad utilization to reduce the educational, health and criminal/civil justice problemsproduced by alcohol and other substance use. Recent legislation such as the ACA, the ParityAct, the Second Chance Act; and changes in financing by Centers for Medicaid/Medicare havecreated new opportunities for states to reduce substance-related problems and save costs bybringing more effective research-based interventions into broad use. But the Departmentsecretaries most affected by substance use problems in each state rarely know about the relevantresearch or about how to take advantage about new federal opportunities to reduce substancerelated problems. To assist states in learning about these new opportunities and about the newand relevant substance abuse research, the Treatment Research Institute created the MutualAssistance Program for States (MAPS) where for a two-year period, policy makers (stateSubstance Abuse Directors, Attorneys General, Sec of Health, Sec of Welfare) from five keystates are invited to work with each other and with TRI (and other) research investigators toidentify their most pressing policy needs in this area, to acquire research evidence on those topicsand to collectively craft state policies that are politically, fiscally and scientifically sensible. The340