Document Type
Report
Publication Date
10-1999
Keywords
Mental Health; Managed Care Contracting
Abstract
For this study, SAMHSA asked us to analyze county-level managed health care contracts that include behavioral health services. SAMHSA has indicated that sub-state entities, particularly counties, are beginning to explore the feasibility of contracting with managed care organizations, both to control costs and to improve coordination of services for the mental health or substance abuse systems they manage. In commissioning these various contract studies, SAMHSA was primarily interested in tracking the development of these new types of managed behavioral health care procurements and contracting practices, as well as determining whether there were exemplary commercial behavioral health provisions that could be adapted to public sector contracts.
APA Citation
Teitelbaum, J., Mauery, D. R., & Rosenbaum, S. (1999). Sub-state purchasing of managed behavioral health care: An analysis of county-level managed care contracts. Washington, D.C.: Center for Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University.
Open Access
1
Comments
Prepared under Contract No. 240-94-0038, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).