The ASAM Criteria definition

The ASAM Criteria means the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s (ASAM) guidelines for substance use disorders. The ASAM is standard reference for clinical practice in the substance use disorder health field.
The ASAM Criteria means the criteria in the Third Edition of The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) for the assessment, level of care placement and treatment of addictive, substance-related, and co- occurring conditions. The ASAM Criteria is a clinical guide to developing patient-centered service plans and making objective decisions about admission, continuing care, and transfer or discharge for individuals. The ASAM Criteria is incorporated by reference in these rules. ¶
The ASAM Criteria means The ASAM Criteria: Treatment Criteria for Addictive, Substance-Related, and Co-Occurring Conditions, which is a clinical guide for developing patient-centered service plans and making objective decisions about admission, continuing care, and transfer or discharge and is incorporated by reference in these rules. The publication incorporated by reference in these rules is available from the Amererican Society of Addiction Medicine at www.asam.org.

Examples of The ASAM Criteria in a sentence

  • Continuing care treatment services shall be consistent with The ASAM Criteria and shall include referrals to support groups where available.

  • With regard to chemical dependency and substance use disorder is defined by the most recent version of The ASAM Criteria, Treatment Criteria for Addictive, Substance Related, and Co-Occurring Conditions as published by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

  • Level of care, diagnosis, frequency of contact, and duration of treatment services shall be consistent with the current DSM-5-TR diagnostic and The ASAM Criteria.


More Definitions of The ASAM Criteria

The ASAM Criteria means the most current edition of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria for the assessment, level of care placement and treatment of addictive, substance related, and co- occurring conditions, which is a clinical guide to develop patient-centered service plans and make objective decisions about admission, continuing care, and transfer or discharge for individuals and is incorporated by reference in these rules.¶

Related to The ASAM Criteria

  • Evaluation Criteria means the criteria set out under the clause 27 (Evaluation Process) of this Part C, which includes the Qualifying Criteria, Functional Criteria and Price and Preferential Points Assessment.

  • Investment Criteria The criteria specified in Section 12.2(a).

  • Functional Criteria means the criteria set out in clause 27 of this Part C.

  • Criteria means one of the eight (8) state defined categories to be scored.

  • Eligibility and selection criteria means criteria for determining:

  • Qualifying Criteria means the criteria outlined in Section 3 and which is used to determine whether an individual is eligible to receive criminal Legal Aid;

  • Objective medical evidence means reports of examinations or treatments; medical

  • Clinical review criteria means the written screening procedures, decision abstracts, clinical protocols, and practice guidelines used by a health carrier to determine the necessity and appropriateness of health care services.

  • Performance Criteria means the criteria (and adjustments) that the Committee selects for an Award for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal or Performance Goals for a Performance Period, determined as follows:

  • Acceptance Criteria means the Specifications, goals, performance measures, testing results and/or other criteria designated by the Agency and against which the Deliverables may be evaluated for purposes of Acceptance or Non-acceptance thereof.

  • Eligibility Criteria means the legal criteria as specified in the Clause 5 of this E- Auction Process Information Document;

  • Objective evidence means standardized patient assessment instruments, outcome measurements tools, or measurable assessments of functional outcome. Use of objective measures at the beginning of treatment, during, and after treatment is recommended to quantify progress and support justifications for continued treatment. The tools are not required but their use will enhance the justification for continued treatment.

  • Performance Standards or “PS” shall mean the cleanup levels and other measures of achievement of the remedial action objectives, as set forth in the ROD.