Privatized managed care and forensic mental health services.

Forensic Mental Health Services Managed Care Network

Forensic services, public mental health policy, and financing: charting the course ahead.

High-quality forensic evaluations can be critical for criminal cases brought before the court. In addition, forensic practitioners and mental health and forensic administrators have increasingly taken a broader view of the revolving door between the mental health and criminal justice systems. More attention is now paid to why individuals with mental disorders, including co-occurring substance u...

Impact of managed care on mental health services.

The cost of mental health care continues to rise at a rate greater than that of the rest of the health care sector. Efforts to contain the rising costs of psychiatric and substance abuse care have spawned different strategies for reducing use of expensive hospital resources. Strategies that focus on the management of hospital episodes case by case fall under the rubric of managed care. In this ...

The impact of managed care on mental health services for children and their families.

For more than a decade, the philosophy of community-based systems of care has guided the delivery of mental health services for children and adolescents served by publicly funded agencies. This philosophy supports system attributes that include a broad array of services; interagency collaboration; treatment in the least-restrictive setting; individualized services; family involvement; and servi...

An evaluation of agreements between managed care organizations and community-based mental illness and addiction disorder treatment and prevention providers.

This Issue Brief, prepared for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), examines contracts between managed care organizations (MCOs) and community-based providers of mental illness and addiction disorder treatment and prevention services (MI/AD providers). Building upon initial research published in 1997, this brief explores in depth one of the most hidden aspects...