NAATP Adds Kipu as Tech Partner for Outcomes Program

Kipu, developer of enterprise software for mental health and addiction treatment providers, will serve as a tech partner for a treatment outcomes program being facilitated by the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP), the 2 organizations announced this week.

The program, known as FoRSE, relies on a clinical data repository that allows data sharing, creating the ability to provide site-specific benchmarking reports on aggregated and de-identified data. Providers can then evaluate outcomes of different services for varied populations. NAATP has been developing FoRSE in 2020, and the program will formally launch at the association’s upcoming leadership conference in Denver.

In a news release, NAATP CEO Marvin Ventrell called the Kipu partnership “critical to the success of the FoRSE program.”

“As the addiction crisis grows, we have to be able to pool and analyze data from multiple care settings to advocate for better standards of care and improve patient outcomes across the health care delivery system,” Ventrell said. “Many data projects are underway around the country and that's good, but ultimately, our capacity to produce quality guidance will come from the guiding principle of collaborative science. This collaboration with Kipu is an excellent example of how we can use data to empower providers and collectively work together to advance recovery for patients.”

Kipu CEO Paul Joiner said in a statement that his organization’s participation in the program reinforces a value-based care model that facilitates collaboration between providers across multiple care settings.