Behavioral Health Management articles from July 2000

Behavioral Health Management archives from July 2000

Welcome to the "Virtual" MBHO.(managed behavioral health organizations)
July 1, 2000... Where are managed behavioral ealth organizations (MBHOs) headed? It's a common question these days. The common, and now hackneyed, reply is that they are going "virtual," and away from their strictly utilization review, cost-chopping days of...

Substance Abuse Treatment Under Managed Care: The Emperor's New Clothes.
July 1, 2000... After more than a decade of working with managed behavioral healthcare organizations to adjust the shape of substance abuse care under managed care, I have become disillusioned and discouraged. Arnold Washton and I wrote a chapter in the...

Paying Lip Service to America's Kids.(behavioral health care accessibility for children)
July 1, 2000... Access to behavioral healthcare for severely ill children and adolescents has recently become much more difficult. Recent estimates prepared by the federal Center for Mental Health Services suggest that between 5 and 9% of children and...

Solve IT Staff Turnover: Eliminate Staff.(information technology)
July 1, 2000... A tongue-in-cheek approach to maintaining effective information technology support We've all heard the songs, read the books, and most of us can recite them chapter and verse: Poor, poor IT people, they re so in demand and their skills are...

ACCREDITATION UPDATE 2000.(recent developments)
July 1, 2000... Recent developments from the major behavioral healthcare accreditation agencies Despite the financing difficulties that behavioral healthcare has always encountered, provider organizations and agencies continue to muster the time and money...

ACHIEVING NCQA ACCREDITATION: The PacifiCare Behavioral Health Story.(National Committee on Quality Assurance)
July 1, 2000... THEY SAW IT AS A PROCESS, AND THAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE PacifiCare Health Systems is one of the nation's largest managed healthcare services companies, serving approximately four million members in nine states and Guam. The company offers a...

Evidence-Based Treatment in Action.(Center for Behavioral Health in Bloomington, Indiana)
July 1, 2000... Indiana's Center for Behavioral Health shows how it works Evidence-based treatment: It's one of those buzzwords tossed about in the behavioral healthcare field that sounds good but is vague in definition. Just what is evidence-based...

EVIDENCE OF AN EAP COST OFFSET.(employee assistance program)
July 1, 2000... Abbott Laboratories' EAP demonstrates cost-effectiveness through two studies and builds the business case for program expansion Recent studies demonstrating the value that employee assistance programs (EAPs) add to organizations are rare....

Drug Treatment for Drug Addiction: Surmounting the Barriers.
July 1, 2000... Despite societal resistance, scientific progress continues The role of pharmacology in the treatment of addictions, including both drugs and alcohol, has gained renewed prominence and attention because of the convergence of somewhat...

Getting the Media Message Straight.(Entertainment Industries Council monitors motion picture industry for excess smoking, drinking or drug use in a movie)
July 1, 2000... An Interview with Brian L. Dyak, President and CEO, Entertainment Industries Council It's a little like nudity--when does smoking, drinking or drug use in a movie or TV show exceed the requirements of the story and become glorified for its...

The Special Challenges of Performance Improvement.
July 1, 2000... Managed behavioral care managers have particular concerns in meeting today's demands for quality Now that society, through managed care, has forced our healthcare delivery system through a cost-cutting revolution, consumers, payers and...

Putting Therapy on (the) Line.(online therapy session validity)
July 1, 2000... The last time I looked, smelled, heard, tasted and touched, my five senses were alive and well and being used to do my job. When the computer came along, it gave me a chance to hone the touch sense because I hadn't typed much since college. I...