Behavioral Health Management articles from May 1997

Behavioral Health Management archives from May 1997

Psychiatrist in the House.(Interview)
May 1, 1997... Jim McDermott, the Democrat who represents most of the Seattle metropolitan area in Congress, is not a typical politician. Throughout the 1970s, he divided his time between a private psychiatric practice and the Washington state legislature....

The "Year 2000 Problem".
May 1, 1997... The computer world has been grappling with the increasingly worrisome "year 2000 problem." And now that the management of behavioral health services is intimately tied to use of a wide range of technology, we have inherited this concern about...

Accreditors: Adapting and Evolving for Behavioral Care.
May 1, 1997... In a sense, 1997 is a banner year for managed behavioral care. Publication by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations of its new Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Managed Behavioral Health Care and by the National...

Sizing Up the Accreditors.
May 1, 1997... "Comparisons are odious" -- but necessary. Here are one consultant's uncensored opinions. "Accreditation" has become as common a word in the behavioral health industry as the word "coffee" is to the general public. Unfortunately,...

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
May 1, 1997... Founded: 1910 Organizations Surveyed: Full spectrum of inpatient and outpatient providers, including inpatient/outpatient mental health, substance abuse and mental retardation /develop mental disability providers. Behavioral Health...

Commission for the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).
May 1, 1997... Founded: 1966. Organizations Surveyed: More than 12,000 programs in behavioral health, medical rehabilitation and employment/community support services. Behavioral Health Accreditation: Since 1985. 1997 revision and upgrade of...

Council on Accreditation (COA).
May 1, 1997... Founded: 1977 Organizations Surveyed: Community-based behavioral health care and social service providers, including employee assistance, child and family services, crisis services, day programs, residential programs and mental health and...

National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
May 1, 1997... Founded: 1979 Organizations Surveyed: MCOs and HMOs engaged in network operations. Behavioral Health Accreditation: Begun this April for managed behavioral healthcare organizations (MBHOs), after field testing at Green Spring Health...

PERMS: The Industry's Work in Progress.
May 1, 1997... The managed behavioral health care industry's own "report card" continues to build, despite bumps along the way Normally a private industry? attempts at self-regulation are construed as essentially meaningless exercises in...

Ten Steps to Survey Success.
May 1, 1997... Whichever accreditor you choose, you have to look your best -- or risk wasting considerable time and money. Some tips on grooming... For any number of important reasons, your organization has decided to achieve accreditation. Deciding...

Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish.
May 1, 1997... Recently I resigned from the provider panel of an MCO with which I have been associated for several years. It had been a good working relationship; I found I could work comfortably within their system and had received consistently positive...

Managed Medicaid: How Not to Mismanage the Pharmacy Benefit.
May 1, 1997... By know it is a timeworn image: behavioral health care as the less-favored stepchild of the health care industry. Because its methods and results are sometimes stigmatized as somehow not as valid as those of medical/surgical care, behavioral...

NEW PRODUCTS.
May 1, 1997... Credentialing Software The CVNet Electronic Application[R], from HSP Verified, Inc., allows convenient and timely credentialing of behavioral health care providers for the health care organization or plan. The program provides a series of...

NEWS.
May 1, 1997... Treatment Drop-outs Explained PacifiCare Behavioral Health, a California-based treatment plan covering 1.4 million lives, has identified two factors contributing to patient drop-outs from behavioral therapy: dual disorder and use of...

Requiem(*).
May 1, 1997... An old friend was laid to rest the other day. And although she was just over nine years old, she had shown us glimmers of wisdom far beyond her years. Many of us knew her and watched her grow from a shaky, unvisioned youngster who appeared on...