Behavioral Health Management articles from March 1997

Behavioral Health Management archives from March 1997

Community Investment to Enhance Local Services.(Merit Behavioral Care Corp. implements program)
March 1, 1997... Reinvesting Medicaid savings to upgrade local behavioral health care services is becoming carve-outs' major contribution to system reform. Here's the Merit Behavioral Care approach in Iowa. Over the years, it has become apparent that...

The Truth About Capitation.
March 1, 1997... Let's face it, capitation is an ugly-sounding word. For some, it conjures up images of beheadings and the guillotine. OK, that's decapitation--nevertheless, among mental health professionals, these images are no more frightening than the...

Child Welfare: Defining the Classic Issues of Managed Medicaid.
March 1, 1997... How this field exemplifies the contrasts between private and public behavioral managed care Dramatic reforms are already underway in Medicaid, the nation s primary health insurance program for low-income people and a major founder of...

Managed Child Welfare: Kansas Breaks New Ground.(for Youthville Inc. and the KanCare Service Center)
March 1, 1997... A managed care partnership among the state, two major private agencies and Value Behavioral Health looks to improve Medicaid-funded foster care On March 1 our state embarked on a new approach to a traditional public program: foster care...

HEDIS: Cutting Through the Confusion.(Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set)
March 1, 1997... An interview with Paul Elstein, Director of the Quality and Performance Standards Team, Office of Managed Care, Health Care Financing Administration As anyone with even the slightest contact with managed care knows, the industry standard...

Managed Medicaid: Who Has the Power?
March 1, 1997... Recent studies of MCO contracting raise touchy questions Let the managed care buyer beware. That's the simple message Sara Rosenbaum, JD, director of the George Washington University Center for Health Policy Research, and colleagues...

Public Moneysaver: Telecare's Intensive Case Management Approach.(for mental health care)
March 1, 1997... In 1996, San Diego County in California contracted with Telecare Corporation to manage the treatment of a small group of chronically mentally ill people who were previously identified as the high-cost, high-end utilizers of the county's acute...

Anxiety Disorders in Managed Care.
March 1, 1997... Big savings and higher quality care can result if appropriate measures are taken Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent and treatable of the major mental health disorders. The lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders is 14.6% of the U.S....

MISsing in Action.(overview of Behavioral Informatics Tomorrow conference including the latest behavioral health software)
March 1, 1997... Just got back from Behavioral Informatics Tomorrow--the trade show where Management Information Systems (MIS) decision making personnel (CEOs, CIOs, Executive Directors, etc.) go to get an in-depth view of the latest behavioral health software...

Utilization and Case Management Software.(purchasing guidelines and list of selected vendors)
March 1, 1997... The success or failure of a risk-based contract is entirely dependent upon how effectively the organization manages two key factors regarding the beneficiary population: cost per service and utilization. This means having access to real-time,...