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Introduction [to Carve-Outs in Workers' Compensation

Economic aspects of mental health carve-outs.

BACKGROUND: Recent empirical research has found behavioral health carve-outs in the US to reduce costs immediately and considerably, compared to indemnity insurance and HMOs. Carve-outs have quickly captured a large part of the organized market in US behavioral health. At the same time, market concentration has increased significantly. METHODS: The current paper uses concepts and results from t...

Empirical evidence on the demand for carve-outs in employment group mental health coverage.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS OF THE STUDY: The use of specialized behavioral health companies to manage mental/health benefits has become widespread in recent years. Recent studies have reported on the cost and utilization impacts of behavioral health carve-outs. Yet little previous research has examined the factors which lead employer-based health plans to adopt a carve-out strategy for mental health b...

Exploring Success Factors for IT Carve Out Projects

Carve out projects have recently become an emerging issue in practice and theory given the diversity of strategic foci of companies as well as recent merger and acquisition activities. This paper highlights the relevance of IT in such carve out projects. IT depicts their characteristics and specific features with regard to general IT projects as well as success factors for the management of IT ...

Erfolgsfaktoren für die systematische Durchführung von IT Carve Outs - eine explorative Untersuchung

Carve Out Projekte, bei denen die Herauslösung von Unternehmensteilen zu eigenständigen Einheiten im Vordergrund steht, finden in der Forschung bisher kaum Beachtung. Die Rolle der IT als Schnittstellenfunktion birgt bei solchen Reorganisationen und Desinvestitionen allerdings große Herausforderungen. Dieser Beitrag analysiert grundlegende Literatur zu Carve Outs und der Rolle der IT bei solche...