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Behavioral Health Management articles from July 1998
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Behavioral Health Management archives from July 1998
A blue ribbon drug policy.
July 1, 1998... The Republicans won a majority in Congress in 1994 and have spent much of the time since then sniping at the Clinton administration's drug policy. The policy has been "too soft," they have said, or too dependent on rhetoric, or undermined by...
The incredibly shrinking behavioral care dollar. (based on interviews with William D. Zieverink and Leonard S. Goldstein)(Cover Story)
July 1, 1998... Based on interviews with William D. Zieverink, MD, President, National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems, and Leonard S. Goldstein, MD, President, Association of Behavioral Group Practices
While there has been a perception in the...
BHCAG: does eliminating the middleman work? (Buyers Health Care Action Group)(interview with Steve Wetzell)(includes related articles on direct contracting)(Cover Story)(Interview)
July 1, 1998... Interview with Steve Wetzell, Executive Director for Policy and Publicity, Buyers Health Care Action Group, Minneapolis
The Twin Cities of Minnesota have long been known as a bellwether for new trends in healthcare purchasing. So when the...
The evolving world of employee assistance.(Cover Story)
July 1, 1998... Recent national developments--such as provisions of the Drug-Free Workplace Act, new interpretations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, recent EEOC rulings, childcare and eldercare concerns, and workplace violence--are forcing employers...
Accreditation '98: update on the behavioral healthcare accreditation organizations.
July 1, 1998... Last year was dubbed the "Year of the Accreditors" by Behavioral Health Management (May/June 1997 issue), and for good reason: Major new accreditation programs focusing on managed behavioral healthcare providers were rolled out that year by...
Substance abuse treatment: the missing link.
July 1, 1998... Managed care hates "overtreatment" and providers despise "undertreatment." The author of ASAM's Placement Criteria offers a workable compromise
For the last ten years there has been a growing movement on the part of purchasers and payers to...
RFP for MIS: a fable. (request for proposal; management information system)(Editorial)
July 1, 1998... Why RFPs for management information systems are a waste of time and money
Once upon a time, agencies, facilities and companies buying computers, software and information management services, to be sure of getting the functionality they...
COMPASS revived. (outcomes management technology)
July 1, 1998... This groundbreaking outcomes management technology has been rescued from oblivion with a new marketing and development concept
Last June, Compass Information Services, Inc. (CIS) closed its doors. How did a behavioral outcomes management...
Project MATCH: a clarification. (behavioral interventions for alcoholics)
July 1, 1998... An issue of Behavioral Health Management earlier this year included an article questioning many features of Project MATCH,[1] a multisite trial sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism dealing with how subtypes of...
Geriatric depression as an opportunity.
July 1, 1998... In recent months, managed care has come under fire. The operational and financial problems of major MCOs like Aetna/US Healthcare, PacifiCare Health Systems and Oxford Health Plans have all been well publicized. And, in a recent survey by the...