Behavioral Health Management articles from May 2001

Behavioral Health Management archives from May 2001

Is There an Internet in Your Future?(behavioral health care)
May 1, 2001... Is it over? The balloon filled with the prospect of easy money from virtual businesses has burst--the now infamous dot.bomb. Don't be fooled; we're a long way from realizing the evolution of change that the Internet will bring to behavioral...

Does Your Organization Have Performance-Based Compensation? Readers Respond.
May 1, 2001... People should be paid for what they do, not for who they are or how long they've been with the company. That sounds like an eminently just formula--but as anyone who has run an organization can tell you, defining "what they do" offers all...

Bush Budget Winners and Losers.(overview of 2002 budget health allocations)
May 1, 2001... The Bush administration released its first federal budget in April. Scheduled for implementation during Fiscal Year 2002, beginning this October, the congressional budgeting process virtually guarantees that the budget provisions won't take...

Nizatidine/Zyprexa Treatment Data.(schizophrenia treatment)
May 1, 2001... New data presented at The International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (ICSR) showed that the use of 300 mg of nizatidine twice daily reduced treatment-emergent weight gain by approximately 50% among patients taking the anti-psychotic...

Substance Abuse Videos.(from C.L. Productions)
May 1, 2001... Substance abuse videos available from CL Productions provide detailed instruction by addictions counselors for the actual treatment of substance abuse. They are helpful resources for those who do not have access to rehabilitation or private...

Managed Care Resource.(from MCPP Healthcare Consulting Inc.)
May 1, 2001... MCPP Healthcare Consulting, Inc., announces the release of How to Thrive in Managed Behavioral Healthcare: A Workbook Guide to Organizational and Clinical Quality, the second edition of How to Respond to Managed Behavioral Healthcare. It...

Chemical Dependency, Psychiatric Treatment Manual.
May 1, 2001... GROUPS is a treatment and educational resource manual with 400 pages of step-by-step directions for 50 different educational and experiential learning presentations for behavioral healthcare. It offers new and complete presentations to enhance...

SAMHSA Resources.(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
May 1, 2001... The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) has released its latest national directory of more than 22,000 local mental health service programs in the United States,...

MERGING IDEAS INTO A PARTNERED FUTURE.(Internet-based behavioral healthcare software business)
May 1, 2001... Information technology companies are forming new alliances to better position themselves in the behavioral health market The Internet and Behavioral healthcare software business is a realm of dot.coms and dot.bombs--and, now,...

realizing ROI on an automated records system.(return on investment)
May 1, 2001... A West Virginia behavioral healthcare system gets more than its money back from electronic records Northwood Health Systems, a behavioral health center headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia, was faced with many of the challenges any...

THE LILLY/NMHCC BEHAVIORAL HEALTCARE LEADERSHIP AWARDS.(Eli Lilly/National Managed Health Care Congress)
May 1, 2001... In 1996, Eli Lilly and Company, together with the National Managed Health Care Congress (NMHCC), began sponsoring a first-of-its-kind annual program to recognize managed behavioral health programs that have developed unique, innovative and...

ALLIANCE BEHAVIORAL CARE: BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE.
May 1, 2001... Alliance Behavioral Care (ABC) is a managed behavioral healthcare organization (MBHO) that is owned by the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. ABC incorporated in 1990 as "University Managed Care," and...

MACOMB-OAKLAND REGIONAL CENTER, INC.: MASTERING COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES.
May 1, 2001... The Macomb-Oakland Regional Center, Inc. (MORC), is a nonprofit agency that serves people with disabilities throughout Michigan. Mental health leaders and families from around the globe frequently visit MORC to learn about its community...

RIDGEVIEW INSTITUTE: MULTIFACETED INNOVATION.
May 1, 2001... Ridgeview Institute, a nonprofit corporation, was founded in 1976 in Smyrna, Georgia, and is the only independent freestanding psychiatric and emergency receiving facility serving Atlanta. Since its inception, it has been successful in...

Another privacy law--and it isn't HIPAA.(Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (Financial Services Modernization Act); Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
May 1, 2001... While HIPAA certainly is the most directly applicable to behavioral health and human service organizations, there are other new laws that are of concern--and the one of most immediate importance is the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (aka the...

INTERNET DILEMMAS.(effect of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act on online counseling services)
May 1, 2001... HIPAA, online counseling raise serious issues Some of the most spirited debates in behavioral revolve around the role of information technology (IT), most specifically the Internet. Some professionals contend that, if handled responsibly,...

Outward Bound: EAP and the Expatriate Life.(Com Psych Corp. offers employee assistance programs)
May 1, 2001... One company's benchmark study of behavioral challenges faced by international assignees and their families International assignments represent a huge investment for United-States-based multinational corporations. In fact, the annual cost...

What Ever Happened to Customer Service?(in the behavioral health care field)
May 1, 2001... It might explain the loss of customer loyalty You know the stories--examples of failed customer service in the behavioral health field. If you're like me, you wince until the story comes to an end. Then you hope your reaction has gone...

The Clinton Administration's "Drug Czar" Speaks Out.(Barry R. McCaffrey)
May 1, 2001... Interview with General Barry R. McCaffrey He's a far cry from the defeated Michael Douglas who walked away in despair from his position as federal "drug czar" in the movie Traffic. General Barry R. McCaffrey thinks the "war on...

Impressions From a Frequent Traveler.(behavioral health conferences)
May 1, 2001... Since my last column appeared (March/April), I have had the opportunity to attend trade shows held by The National Managed Health Care Congress (NMHCC), the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH) and the Employee...