Behavioral Health Management articles from November 1994

Behavioral Health Management archives from November 1994

Hope from the wreckage of health care reform. (Whither Managed Care?)
November 1, 1994... Although major health care reform on the national level was buried in the Republican landslide, advocates for behavioral medicine are convinced that they emerged as winners from the legislative process. Practitioners now can look forward more...

Behavioral managed care: a major player sizes up its future. (Jack R. Leggett, Jr. of Medco Behavioral Health Systems) (Whither Managed Care?) (Interview)
November 1, 1994... From his vantage point at the center of clinical operations for a behavioral managed care giant -- Medco is now responsible for some 14 million covered lives -- Jack R. Leggett, Jr., PhD, has seen the evolution of the field close up, and has...

Keeping managed care on the straight and narrow: ethical standards must be applied. (Whither Managed Care?)
November 1, 1994... Anumber of years ago, provider-driven systems in behavioral care were engaged in all sorts of aggressive marketing and sales schemes aimed at patient procurement. These money-motivated schemes eventually came under heavy attack. For example,...

The Mustard Seed experience: bringing managed care to Medicaid. (interview with Francis X. Selgrath of Mustard Seed)
November 1, 1994... Always looking for new fields to conquer, managed care is now moving into Medicaid programs in states throughout the nation. MCOs are finding, though (or will soon find) that this differs markedly from the world of employer-based contracts....

Providers size up managed care. (Whither Managed Care?) (Panel Discussion)
November 1, 1994... How do you size up the members' attitudes of your respective professional organizations toward managed care? Dr. Welch: With the lone exception of psychologists working in managed care, it's been a very negative reaction. Yes, there's been...

Inpatient care: heart and soul of the continuum.
November 1, 1994... There are many who would argue that inpatient care still has an important place in the treatment of chemical dependence. There is, however, no clear understanding of what the term inpatient treatment means today. What makes this form of...

94-95 Behavioral Health Management Networking Directory. (Directory)
November 1, 1994... INTRODUCING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT NETWORKING DIRECTORY Access to health care has long been a simple matter: when necessary, the patient simply showed up at the provider's office or institution. Recent trends in the health...