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Health Policy and Management Issue Briefs

2002

Managed Care Contracting

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Behavioral Health And Managed Care Contracting Under Schip, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Colleen Sonosky, Karen Shaw, D. Richard Mauery Sep 2002

Behavioral Health And Managed Care Contracting Under Schip, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Colleen Sonosky, Karen Shaw, D. Richard Mauery

Health Policy and Management Issue Briefs

This Policy Brief examines behavioral health managed care contracting under separately administered State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP), i.e., programs that operate under the direct authority of Title XXI of the Social Security Act rather than as expansions of Medicaid. Most separate SCHIP programs buy managed care style health insurance for some or most of their enrolled children. Because Title XXI provides states with far greater administrative flexibility than Medicaid with respect to coverage and benefit design, provision of services, and administration of managed care arrangements, studying separate SCHIP managed care products sheds important light on how states might approach …


An Analysis Of Contracts For The Delivery Of Managed Behavioral Health Care Services In State Correctional Facilities, D. Richard Mauery, Joel B. Teitelbaum, Jeffrey Lerman, Sara J. Rosenbaum Feb 2002

An Analysis Of Contracts For The Delivery Of Managed Behavioral Health Care Services In State Correctional Facilities, D. Richard Mauery, Joel B. Teitelbaum, Jeffrey Lerman, Sara J. Rosenbaum

Health Policy and Management Issue Briefs

This issue brief, prepared by the George Washington University Center for Health Services Research and Policy (CHSRP), presents an analysis of a sample of contractual agreements entered into by State Departments of Corrections with managed care organizations (MCOs) for the provision of managed behavioral health care services in State prisons. It is part of a series of contract studies undertaken by CHSRP that examine the implications of managed care contracting by public and private sector purchasers for the financing and delivery of behavioral health care services.