Ascend Healthcare

Age Groups :: Teens

Gender :: Female | Male | Transgender

Ascend Healthcare is an adolescent behavioral healthcare company located in Los Angeles, treating mental health and substance abuse disorders. Ascend Healthcare serves adolescents aged 12 to 17 of all genders and gender identities. We are a personalized treatment program with speciality treatment.

🏡 GIRLS' TRAUMA & ANXIETY - Canyons

🏡 BOYS' TRAUMA & ANXIETY - Trails House

🏡 DUAL DIAGNOSIS - mental health & SUD - Empress House (all genders)

🏡 PRIMARY MENTAL HEALTH - strong LGBTQ+ affirming milieu - Magnolia House (all genders)

🏡 NEURODIVERSE - primary mental health for ASD & ADHD - Haven House (all genders)

🏡 PRIMARY MENTAL HEALTH w/disordered eating/secondary eating disorder - Kallos (all genders)

🏡 ANXIETY & OCD - with ERP - The Oaks (all genders)

🏡 ATTACHMENT Disorder - Willows (all genders)

🏡 DUAL DIAGNOSIS - Erie, CO (all genders).

At each house, teens learn to self-regulate in a healthy, functional way in a safe, nurturing environment with peers. Teens attend school on-site during treatment each day, and days include a wide variety of personalized individual and group therapies (outcomes-based). Parents must participate with their child on family days, and the program includes a robust family therapy component.

How much does Ascend Healthcare cost?

⚕️Ascend Healthcare accepts all PPO insurance policies. ⚕️ Ascend Healthcare is in-network with Anthem Blue Cross, BCBS, HealthNet, MHN, ComPsych, First Health, Carelon, Halcyon, Humana, MultiPlan, and Kaiser Permanente. ⚕️ Ascend can do single-case agreements (SCAs) for most insurance plans without out-of-network benefits. The average length of stay is 45 - 90 days.

☎️ Call for more information about your child's clinical profile: 310. 359.9403

General Information

Participant Age Group(s)

Teens

Organization's Name

Ascend Healthcare

Director of Admissions

Nicole Rubin

Admissions: Rolling or scheduled?

Rolling admissions

Admissions

Which age groups does your organization accept?

Children/Adolescents

Professional Associations/Affiliations

National Association of Therapeutic Schools & Programs (Professional Member)

Other

Payment Options

Other

Does the program have more than one location for this particular program?

Yes

How does the program prevent clients/students/patients from leaving (running) from the program?

Clients are ALWAYS in "Line-of-Sight" with staff

Average Length of Stay

Maximum Age of Participants

Minimum Age of Participants

Location of Program

Suburban

Gender(s)

Female

Male

Transgender

What is the average number of clients you see per year?

400

Religious Affiliation

Minimum length of stay

Only accepts participants who are voluntarily enrolling only.

Maximum Enrollment

Can support 18 yo, if they enroll before 18?

Yes

Certified to accept students with I-20 Visa (SEVIS)

What are the interview requirements for applicants?

No Required Interview in Person

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Religious Affiliation?

Billing & Payments

Payment Type

Insurance (see above for specifics on insurance)

Private | Self Pay

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What percentage of participants receiving funding from a state Adoption Assistance Programming?

What percentage participants who are Court Ordered?

What percentage of your participants are 'Private Pay'?

What percentage of your participants are funded by the School system? | FAPE / IDEA

What percentage of participants are 'State Funded' (example: medicaid)?

Is there an enrollment fee/outfitting fee/payment in advance?

Yes

If applicable, is the last month’s fees due at enrollment?

Insurance

Do your students receive insurance coverage for more than two weeks?

Yes

Do you have an insurance utilization person?

Full time staff member

in-network?

Yes

Accepted Insurance Companies

Anthem Blue Cross Life & Hlth Ins Co

ComPsych

First Health Network

Health Net, LLC

Humana Hlth Plan Inc

Kaiser Permanente Ins Co

Managed Health Network, Inc. (MHN)

TRICARE

TRICARE (West Region - Health Net Federal Services)

Levels of Care

Treatment Categories | Levels of Care

Residential Treatment

Residential Treatment Dual DX/Addiction/Recovery

Residential Treatment - Anxiety

Residential Treatment - Mental Health

Residential Treatment - Short Term

Residential Treatment - Trauma

Partial Hospitalization/PHP

Intensive Outpatient/IOP

Additional levels of care offered by facility

Independent Living | Sober Living | Transitional Living

Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program (IOP)

Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)

Does your organization have a Gap Year?

Accreditation

Professional Associations/Affiliations

National Association of Therapeutic Schools & Programs (Professional Member)

For licensed programs, by state or under 18, please select Incidents required to be reported to the state:

Elopement

Major Injury | Death

Runaways

Academic Accreditation

Other

Ownership

Ownership Type

Private Company - Owners On-Site

Name of Parent Company

Effie Goldberg (Founder and Managing Director), Joseph Essas (Co-founder and Managing Director), Brittany Cohen, LCSW, (Co-founder and President)

Name of Sister Company

n/a

Facility Operations | Type of Land

Privately Owned

Additional Professionals & Medical Rule Outs

Are there medical rule outs

Yes

Possible medical rule outs

Fire Starter

Pregnancy

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Minimum IQ

Is there a minimum BMI

Yes

Can program accept insulin-dependent diabetics

Are there additional professionals?

Medical Doctor

Nurse Practitioner

Occupational Therapist

Psychiatrist

Psychologist

Registered Dietician

Registered Nurse

Percentage of clients on meds at enrollment

> 50%

Psychiatrist

On staff

If psychiatrist is available to students, what percentage of students change meds?

> 50%

Clinical Operations

What is the largest caseload a therapist can have?

< 8

Percentage of licensed therapists?

> 50%

Average number of days/week therapist are with clients?

Number of Individual Sessions with Therapist

Do clinical assistants work with lead therapists?

Yes

Do any of the therapists have more than one case load?

Yes

Treatment Modalities

Types of Therapy Offered

12 Steps Groups

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Animal-Assisted Therapy

Art Therapy(with certified art therapists)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills

Equine Assisted or Therapeutic Horse Back

Exposure Response Prevention Therapy (ERP , type of CBT)

Expressive Art Therapy

Eye Movement & Desensitization and Reprocessing

Motivational Enhancement Therapy

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

PEERS Model

Psychodynamic Therapy

Psycho educational

Recreation Therapy

Seeking Safety

Telephone Therapy

Other

Integrated Wellness Support offered

Art

Breathing Techniques/Breath Work

Meditation

Yoga

Does the program have a level/phase system?

Yes

If yes, are phases/levels are they tied to privileges?

Yes

Does program have a milieu-driven residential model? (Staff are trained in model)

Yes

If yes -- select all that apply

Twelve Step Facilitation Therapy

Client Centered/Person Centered Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Family Teaching Model (offshoot of Boystown)

Positive Peer Culture (PPC)

Integrated Wellness

Art

Breathing Techniques/Breath Work

Meditation

Yoga

Does program use time out rooms?

Family Involvement

HIGH: Family Expected on weekly calls (or more) & to attend all family workshops (weekly , monthly or quarterly)

Family involvement

HIGH: Family Expected on weekly calls (or more) & to attend all family workshops (weekly , monthly or quarterly)

What is the typical amount of time a family should expect before hearing about an major incident?

Type of Family Therapy/Work Offered

Family process facilitated by another therapist

Family Workshops Available

Flexible length of call with therapist per week

Parents Visit as Needed

Therapy - Group

Is there group therapy?

Yes

Average number of hours per week facilitated by licensed therapist

Average number of hours per week of group processing? (i.e. run by staff, interns, grad students, etc.)

Average number of formal family therapy hours per week (not social calls to teen)

Is video conferencing accessible for family therapy?

Yes

Therapy - Individual

Is there individual therapy?

Yes

Number of individual therapy hours student receives on a difficult week?

Number of individual therapy hours student receives on typical week?

Percentage of licensed therapists?

> 50%

Therapist average case load

Percentage of full time therapists who have a private practice outside a program?

< 50%

Does the Clinical Director carry a case load?

Yes

Staff

What percentage of the line staff are full time employees?

> 50%

Line staff to student ratio during awake hours

Does program run background checks on all staff?

Yes

Is there an educational requirement for staff?

Yes

If Yes, what is it?

High School Diploma

Average number of hours staff are trained before their first shift

Are night staff awake or asleep

Awake

Programming

Dorm/Housing

Single Rooms with Private Baths

Doubles

Neurodiverse Specialties

ADHD/ADD

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Clinically Complex (possible behavior, genetic, students "who are puzzles")

Mood Deregulation &/or Anxiety

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Type of Programming Offered for Neurodiverse Students

Academic & life skill Focus

Academic focus

Academic, functional living skills, life skills and social skills focused

Clinically-driven programming (addresses individual life, living, social and academic needs)

Academics

Type of Academic Calendar

Year Round School (either quarters, trimester, semesters)

Grades Served

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Can programming support a student to complete a GED?

Yes

Post high school options offered

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Average student to teacher ratio

What does the Teaching/Classroom look like?

Packets with teacher support

Online school/Classes

Teachers support blended learning

Is the program able to implement IEP's

Yes

Can provider handle a student who is more than two grade level's behind in reading?

Yes

Can program support a student who wants vocational training?

Yes

Does the school have AP Classes or the ability to give or take a student to the AP Test?

Tests

Does the academic program have the ability to provide ACT or SAT Tutoring (on or off site)?

N/A

Transitions

Do you offer transition services for participants/students?

Yes

If Yes, select all options that apply to your program

Additional Therapist To Work With Student Or Family As Transition

Formal Transition To Another Therapist

Family Or Student Coaching Support For Certain Amount

Other

Are there additional fees that apply to transitional options?

Call for more information

Percentage of families that participate in various transition programming?

> 50%

Assessments

Does the client receive a neuropsychological evaluation?

Yes

What percentage of participants receive psychological evaluations?

< 50%

Who completes the psychological evaluation?

Multidisciplinary Team

Does program receive a fee for evaluation or referral?

Technology

Computer Access

Hardwired Computers

Cell Phones

Not Allowed

Eating Disorders

If specific eating disorder care provided,

Anorexia

Binge Eating

Bulimia

Eating Disorder & Substance Abuse

Exercise Addiction (Athletes & Eating Disorders)

Orthorexia

Research

Percentage of clients who return home, or to a more traditional setting (like transitions to college or gap year, boarding school, etc.)

> 50%

Has the program previously been part of an evidence-based study?

Is the program presently part of an evidence-based study?

Workshops

If you have workshops choose all that apply.

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Accommodations

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How much does Ascend Healthcare cost?

General Information

Admissions

Billing & Payments

Insurance

Levels of Care

Accreditation

Ownership

Additional Professionals & Medical Rule Outs

Clinical Operations

Treatment Modalities

Family Involvement

Therapy - Group

Therapy - Individual

Staff

Programming

Academics

Transitions

Assessments

Technology

Eating Disorders

Research

Workshops

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