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Evaluation Of Florida’S Sub-Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Program (Sipp), Kristen M. Snyder, Angela Gomez, Mary L. Armstrong, Kathy Thompson-Dailey, Tom Massey Jan 2001

Evaluation Of Florida’S Sub-Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Program (Sipp), Kristen M. Snyder, Angela Gomez, Mary L. Armstrong, Kathy Thompson-Dailey, Tom Massey

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

In March 1998, the State of Florida received approval of a 1915 (b) waiver from the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to implement an alternative, Sub-acute Inpatient Psychiatric Program (SIPP) for children under the age of 18, who had two or more psychiatric inpatient stays in a year, or a length of stay greater than thirteen days. For these high risk youth, who were typically served in general hospitals, the SIPP model was designed to improve the transition from inpatient care to community based care, in an effort to reduce the high rates of readmission and improve their chances of …


Research Across Multiple Systems: Probabilistic Population Estimation (Ppe), Diane Haynes, Rebecca Larsen, Shabnam Mehra Jan 2001

Research Across Multiple Systems: Probabilistic Population Estimation (Ppe), Diane Haynes, Rebecca Larsen, Shabnam Mehra

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

Today, social service administrators are examining client service utilization using cross system analysis, because often a client's needs require accessing governmentfunded services from multiple organizations. One technical problem that arises is that organizations do not share common unique identifiers from which to link one individual’s information together (i.e., system #1 uses Social Security Number (SSN) and system #2 uses Personal Identification Number (PIN)). Different methods have been employed to deal with the issue of working with information across data sets when there is no common unique identifier. Probabilistic Population Estimation (PPE), Caseload Segregation/Integration Ratio (C/SIR), and Probabilistic Population Matching (PPM) …


Prevalence And Risk Factors For Potentially Avoidable Hospitalization Of Medicaid-Enrolled Assisted Living Residents, Marion Becker, Timothy Boaz, Ross Andel, Joshua Digennaro Jun 2000

Prevalence And Risk Factors For Potentially Avoidable Hospitalization Of Medicaid-Enrolled Assisted Living Residents, Marion Becker, Timothy Boaz, Ross Andel, Joshua Digennaro

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Quantitative Component Year One Report: Medicaid Enrollee Characteristics, Service Utilization, Costs, And Access To Care In Ahca Areas 4 And 6, Paul Stiles, Kristen Snyder, Mary R. Murrin Jan 1998

Quantitative Component Year One Report: Medicaid Enrollee Characteristics, Service Utilization, Costs, And Access To Care In Ahca Areas 4 And 6, Paul Stiles, Kristen Snyder, Mary R. Murrin

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of Florida’S Prepaid Mental Health Plan: Preliminary Findings Of The Member Survey Component, Roger A. Boothroyd, David L. Shern Jan 1998

Evaluation Of Florida’S Prepaid Mental Health Plan: Preliminary Findings Of The Member Survey Component, Roger A. Boothroyd, David L. Shern

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Medicaid Managed Mental Health Care Arrangements In Ahca Area 6: Organizational, Financial And Clinical Structures, M. Susan Ridgely, Julienne A. Giard, Kristen Snyder Jan 1998

Medicaid Managed Mental Health Care Arrangements In Ahca Area 6: Organizational, Financial And Clinical Structures, M. Susan Ridgely, Julienne A. Giard, Kristen Snyder

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

This report, the first full report on the organizational, financial and clinical structures of the managed mental health care interventions in AHCA Area 6, is presented in the following sections. In Section 2 , we describe the methods used to identify, obtain and analyze information on the nine managed care plans operating in Area 6. In Section 3, we provide a chronology of events related to Medicaid managed care and then describe the Medicaid service delivery system in AHCA Area 6, providing contextual data on the number of Medicaid recipients enrolled in managed care plans, the number of MCOs and …


A Comparison Of Medicaid Managed Mental Health Care In Ahca Areas 6 & 4, M. Susan Ridgely, Julienne A. Giard, Kristen Snyder, Pat Robinson Jan 1998

A Comparison Of Medicaid Managed Mental Health Care In Ahca Areas 6 & 4, M. Susan Ridgely, Julienne A. Giard, Kristen Snyder, Pat Robinson

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Use Of Respite In Crisis Emergency Services: A Two Year Analysis, Anne D. Kuppinger, Mary E. Evans, Roger A. Boothroyd, Marleen Radigan Apr 1996

The Use Of Respite In Crisis Emergency Services: A Two Year Analysis, Anne D. Kuppinger, Mary E. Evans, Roger A. Boothroyd, Marleen Radigan

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

Respite care is widely believed to be an important service for families raising a child with a disability. All caregivers need a break from time to time, and the need may be even greater when the caregiver is coping with the additional stress associated with a child's disability. A number of studies have demonstrated that respite care can improve family functioning (Cohen, 1982), reduce stress (Rimmerman, 1989; Wickler & Hanusa, 1990; Appoloni & Triest, 1983), and delay out-of-home placement (Cohen, 1982; Upshur, 1982) for families with a child who has a disability.


The Present And Future Of Prevention: In Honor Of George W. Albee, Marc Kessler, Stephen E. Goldston, Justin M. Joffe Jan 1992

The Present And Future Of Prevention: In Honor Of George W. Albee, Marc Kessler, Stephen E. Goldston, Justin M. Joffe

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.