Behavioral Health Management articles from January 1995

Behavioral Health Management archives from January 1995

Welcome to the information age.(Editorial)
January 1, 1995... As the behavioral health industry moves into the 21st Century, payers and providers are finding that gathering and sharing information is their fundamental challenge. Payers are demanding quantitative accountability, and that demand is increasing...

After "the change". (Republican take over of Congress and the effect it will have on health care reform)
January 1, 1995... They call it The Change. It is viewed as the most radical shift in political power in Washington of the past 40 years. By comparison, the nine turnovers in ownership of the White House since 1952 are dismissed as minor events. Presidents come and...

Transforming the future: the comingimpact of CIS. (clinical information systems)(includes related information)(Computers: Taking Charge of Today's Data)(Cover Story)
January 1, 1995... Critics of managed mental health care have focused on the perceived negative impact of its methods on provider autonomy, the patient-professional relationship, and quality of care, which is allegedly sacrificed in the interest of maintaining...

Cutting paperwork: how computers are achieving the dream. (includes related information)(Computers: Taking Charge of Today's Data)(Cover Story)
January 1, 1995... Everybody agrees that managed healthcare has created a storm of paperwork work for both providers and managed care organizations (MCO). Paper-based communications have obvious inefficiencies: Data can be entered incorrectly or not at all....

Speaking the same language: a new approach to documentation. (includes related information)(Computers: Taking Charge of Today's Data)(Cover Story)
January 1, 1995... "Why does the patient require this treatment now?" It's a question that's central to managed behavioral care. Payers must understand the practitioners clinical assessment and treatment rationale in order to make informed resource allocation...

Defining medical necessity in mental health: managed care has raised new questions and developed new tools to answer them.
January 1, 1995... The behavioral health care field poses unique challenges in the definition of "medically necessary" care. For many reasons that are well-reviewed else-where[1-5] -- examples being a lack of biological indicators, often ambiguous diagnostic...

The Green Spring formula for provider networking. (interview with Green Spring Health Services' Mark Santangelo)
January 1, 1995... What do managed care organizations expect from their preferred providers? How can clinicians and treatment programs position themselves to work successfully with managed care? What are future trends that could impact the livelihood of providers...

Bethesda Behavioral Health Systems tackles organization. (includes related information)
January 1, 1995... The behavioral health industry's demand for precise, integrated data on the cost, quality, and utilization patterns of mental health and chemical dependency treatment is being met by an evolving technology of sophisticated management information...

The search for a medication to treat alcoholism.
January 1, 1995... The recent approval of naltrexone (Trexan) by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment of alcohol cravings has thrown the spotlight on a major field of research endeavor. This is one of a number of advances in the medical treatment of...