Behavioral Health Management articles from July 1997

Behavioral Health Management archives from July 1997

CORRECTION.
July 1, 1997... The correct location of Alternatives, the source of the article "Ten Steps to Survey Success," May/June BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT, pp. 26-29, is Mesa, Arizona.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
July 1, 1997... Dear Editor: I read with interest your recent issue on behavioral health accreditation ("Year of the Accreditors: NCQA, JCAHO, CARF and COA," May/June 1997). After reviewing accrediting standards and outside accrediting possibilities for...

Department of Defense Sizes Up Managed Care.
July 1, 1997... Despite post-Cold War downsizing, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) remains the primary source of behavioral health care for roughly one out of every 50 Americans. In addition to the 2.7 million servicemen and women on active duty who...

Treatment Planning and Clinical Management Software.
July 1, 1997... The advent of managed care in behavioral health has brought an increasing emphasis on treatment planning and documentation. Often required for continued authorization of services, preparation of the treatment plan document is nevertheless...

Three Disease Management Models from Green Spring.
July 1, 1997... How disease management can be adapted to local conditions and needs Disease management, an important notion in general medical care for some time, is an evolving concept in the field of behavioral health. Managed behavioral health care...

A Disease Management Model for Addiction Treatment.
July 1, 1997... Making this vital therapy more effective and respectable For many years those of us in the addiction treatment profession have bemoaned our ability to convince the American public and its policy makers that alcoholism and drug addiction are...

Integrated Disease Management: Psychology and Medicine.
July 1, 1997... A working model developed by a psychological group practice Disease management for chronic conditions is the focus today of every major HMO, insurer, medical center and pharmaceutical company. The reason is plain to see: current estimated...

Treating Somatization: An Update.
July 1, 1997... How the "mind/body connection" is proving to be a boon to managed care Last year in this magazine Dr. Matthew Budd wrote an article on the beginnings of a program to treat somatization. This process occurs when a patient's emotional state...

A Behavioral Disability Management Breakthrough.
July 1, 1997... Value Behavioral Health's new program for meeting a growing corporate need Pick up any benefit-related periodical or look at a conference agenda, and you will probably see an article or presentation discussing disability management....

The Perils of Restrictive Drug Formularies.
July 1, 1997... In California, the newer anti-psychotics have become the touchstone for attempted formulary reform Over the past ten years, miraculous breakthroughs in treatment of mental illnesses have occurred due to advances in medications. Obviously,...

Disease Management In-Depth: The Village Integrated Service Agency.
July 1, 1997... An innovative program is re-introducing publicly-supported SPMI patients to community life and saving health care costs The Village Integrated Service Agency in Long Beach, California, has received a growing amount of attention as a model...

The Salvation of the EAP.
July 1, 1997... How does direct corporate service sound? All corporate functions today are being challenged to justify their worth to the parent organization -- and the EAP function is no exception. In just two decades, employee assistance services grew...

Outcome Management: Getting a Grip.
July 1, 1997... Guidance toward achieving a sound approach toward this (still) elusive project The dramatic changes occurring in behavioral healthcare are creating vast opportunities and challenges for providers. The change brings with it an...

Upgrading Clinicians' Reports to MCOs.
July 1, 1997... Objective data can improve monitoring .and eliminate confidentiality concerns Providers working within the managed care system are expected to submit verbal or written reports on patients--an exercise that many behavioral health clinicians...

The Message and the Medium.
July 1, 1997... Although this was a conference for one day in May (and that was a Saturday), "The Future of Behavioral Healthcare in the Northeast United States" got the job done. I was asked to address some of the trends in this unpredictable area of managed...