Behavioral Health Management articles from November 1996

Behavioral Health Management archives from November 1996

Grim at the Grass Roots.
November 1, 1996... One advantage that a Washington columnist has over colleagues in other countries is the convenience of seeing how national policy works "in the provinces." In Paris or Tokyo or Buenos Aires, the columnist has to drive for hours or fly out of...

Employers Look at Behavioral Managed Care.
November 1, 1996... An informal "report card" from the people who pay the bills For all the talk of health care's "consumers (i.e. patients), the real customers" (i.e. payers) are largely such entities as private corporations and government. They sign the...

A Business Coalition's Progress Report.
November 1, 1996... Interview with Cristie Upshaw Travis, President and CEO, Memphis Business Group on Health Power comes with groups. Group purchasers have known this for decades, and within the past decade, business purchasers of health care services have...

Ensuring Consumer Satisfaction.
November 1, 1996... A developer of the Consumer Satisfaction Team model shows how, and why, it works Over the last few years, consumers of behavioral health services and their family members have seriously questioned the traditional definitions of quality...

The Death of the Carve-Out (and Other Disruptions).
November 1, 1996... An interview with Nicholas A. Cummings, PhD, President of the Foundation for Behavioral Health Care and Chairman of The Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Foundation There are some in behavioral managed care who would like to ignore Dr....

Behavioral Managed Care: A Social Work Perspective.
November 1, 1996... The credo of one of the central professions in the field As with many mental health professions, the environment of social work practice has dramatically changed during the past few years. The major force behind this has been the impact of...

Why Regulation Has a Role.
November 1, 1996... It's because managed care and the free market don't mix, says this prominent psychologist Many leaders in corporate health care advocate the free enterprise or market-driven approach to health services delivery. Proponents assert that...

Empowering Public Mental Health Care's Consumers: Two Projects.
November 1, 1996... Patients and families will have a say in how care really should be delivered Utilizing "report cards" to gauge the efficacy of mental health programs is not a new concept to the behavioral health care industry. Two fresh initiatives are,...

It's Time for Managed Everything.
November 1, 1996... Most of us are more than a little familiar by now with managed care. We sign up for HMOs as a matter of course. Now the insurance industry is expanding managed care principles from health care to automobile repair. Some industry leaders have...

CANSA INTERNATIONAL.
November 1, 1996... Consolidated Association of Nurses in Substance Abuse 303 W. Katella Avenue, Suite 202 * Orange, CA 92667 * (714) 639-6217 * Fax (714) 282-2288 October's Cape Cod Symposium on Addiction was again a great event for many nurses, physicians...

Head vs. Heart?
November 1, 1996... Having just climbed out of the exhibit hall at this year's Employee Assistance Professional Association (EAPA) trade show, I got to thinking about the similarities and differences between this show and the Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow (BHT)...