Dual Diagnosis Management (DDM), the predecessor of DDM Ascend, pioneered innovative healthcare services for individuals
with the most challenging healthcare conditions, those affected by the confluence of addictions and mental illness, and often compounded by homelessness, HIV/AIDS, legal entanglements, and other bio-psychosocial issues. Soon after its 1998 inception, DDM quickly emerged as a national leader in training, research initiatives and service systems designed to promote innovative evidence-based practices and meritorious treatment outcomes.
In 2000 DDM established its Healthcare Management Division, which introduced a cutting-edge approach to managing large-scale healthcare programs. The Healthcare Management Division quickly built a national presence and reputation with the implementation of its innovative and effective clinical processes and information systems. The program applied evidence-based practices to all tiers of healthcare management – from provider training and service management to the design of revolutionary information technologies for integrating program requirements and managing healthcare datasets.
New Name.
Same Value and Excellence.
In 2007 DDM’s Healthcare Management leadership team purchased the Healthcare Management Division and we became DDM Ascend. Although our name has changed, DDM Ascend continues to offer the same high level of outstanding service established by the DDM Healthcare Management Division through our unwavering commitment to provide customers, providers, and consumers with superior quality healthcare management solutions, cutting edge information systems, and evidence-based quality improvement strategies.
Our team of experienced clinicians and qualified professionals is dedicated to providing our customers with integrated, comprehensive, customized healthcare management solutions, which leads to significant improvements in the quality, delivery, and outcomes of healthcare programs.
Our healthcare management services include:
- Expertise in industry and evidence based quality standards
- Advanced and sophisticated integrated technological systems
- Customized clinical management processes
- Expertise in mental retardation and mental illness
- A network with hundreds of qualified, trained clinicians throughout the country
- Development of customized web-based processes and data systems
- Understanding of cost containment concerns
- Data reporting, analysis, and tracking services
- On-site or web-based provider training and education
- Expertise in compliancy and regulatory issues
- Unparalleled customer care
DDM Ascend provides solutions for complex and costly healthcare needs with unsurpassed, sustainable, efficacious and cost-effective services that result in high quality and seamless service delivery systems.