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Managing Managed Care for Publicly Financed Mental Health Services
$9.40
R2
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Primer on managed care for advocates and state and local policymakers, describes the prospects and pitfalls of this increasingly common approach to financing and delivering public-sector mental health services. 60 pp. (November 1995) |
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Defining "Medically Necessary" Services to Protect Plan Members
$5.00
P1
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Policy Paper #1 on Contracting for Managed Behavioral Health Care. Suggests a different approach and includes a proposed definition. 21 pp. (April 1997) |
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Defining "Medically Necessary" Services to Protect Children
$7.00
P5
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Policy Paper #5 on Contracting for Managed Behavioral Health Care. Contends that current definitions ignore children's special needs and proposes a new approach with a model definition. 24 pp (April 1998) |
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Managed Behavioral Health Care for Children and Youth: A Family Advocate's Guide
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Family advocate's guide includes a checklist of strategies to assure that state systems adhere to the recommended principles and handouts to copy for educating policymakers and managed care administrators. 34pp. (9/96)
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Managed Behavioral Health Care for Children and Youth: A Family Advocate's Guide (Spanish)
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The Spanish version of the family advocate's guide includes a checklist of strategies to assure that state systems adhere to the recommended principles and handouts to copy for educating policymakers and managed care administrators. 34pp. (9/96)
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Can Managed Care Meet the Mental Health Needs of Very Young Children
$3.00
E17
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Ten-page issue paper with advocacy tips for influencing a state's planning. (Oct. 1996) |
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Partners in Planning: Consumers' Role in Contracting for Public-Sector Managed Mental Health and Addiction Services
$0.00
SM1
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Technical assistance guide to empower consumer and family groups' participation in the design and selection of public contracts for publc-sector managed mental health and addiction services. Also available free from SAMHSA (call 1-800-729-6686). 104 pp |
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Assessing Report Cards
$5.00
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Policy Paper #4 on Contracting for Managed Behavioral Health Care. Compares three tools for assessing quality of managed behavioral health: HEDIS, PERMS l.0 and a CMHS consumer-oriented report card—the only one we recommend. 6 pp. (June 1997) |
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NCQA Accreditation Standards
$5.00
P2
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Policy Paper #2 on Contracting for Managed Behavioral HealthCare, subtitled Insufficient Quality Check Unless Supplemented for Public-Sector Systems. Suggests how public purchasers can improve quality assurance in their contracted programs. 13 pp. |
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Buying in the Public Interest
$20.00
R4
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Primer for public purchasers of managed care, documents benefit design for the most cost-effective system of care; financing of a benefit for the best payment arrangements, cost-savings and capitation rate; and mechanisms to ensure quality of care. 32 pp |
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