Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Health Policy
Selected Key Issues In The Development And Drafting Of Public Managed Behavioral Health Care Carve-Out Contracts, Joel B. Teitelbaum, Sara J. Rosenbaum, William Burgess, Leilani Decourcy
Selected Key Issues In The Development And Drafting Of Public Managed Behavioral Health Care Carve-Out Contracts, Joel B. Teitelbaum, Sara J. Rosenbaum, William Burgess, Leilani Decourcy
Health Policy and Management Issue Briefs
The development of managed behavioral health care carve-out contracts covering a discrete subset of benefits available for use by persons with mental health and/or substance abuse disorders poses major challenges for public purchasers. This Issue Brief explores several key issues that arise when drafting such agreements. Many of the issues that arise in the drafting of carve-out agreements will require the public purchaser to resolve basic policy questions well before the drafting of requests for proposals or contracts can proceed.
Mental Illness And Addiction Disorder Treatment And Prevention, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Peter Shin, Marcie Zakheim, Karen Shaw, Joel B. Teitelbaum, Kay Johnson
Mental Illness And Addiction Disorder Treatment And Prevention, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Peter Shin, Marcie Zakheim, Karen Shaw, Joel B. Teitelbaum, Kay Johnson
Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications
This Special Report of Negotiating the New Health System: A Nationwide Study of Medicaid Managed Care Contracts (2d Ed.) analyzes Medicaid managed care contract provisions related to mental illness and addiction disorders (MI/AD). The analysis is based on 54 contracts and related documents (including 12 managed behavioral health care contracts) which were in effect as of the beginning of 1997. While this Special Report considers Medicaid contracts, its findings have implications for other public purchasers of managed care services for persons with MI/AD because, like Medicaid, other sources of third-party financing have traditionally supported services and activities that may not …