An Evaluation of Contracts Between Managed Care Organizations and Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Agencies

Authors

Sara J. Rosenbaum, George Washington UniversityFollow
Karen Silver, George Washington University
Elizabeth Wehr, George Washington University

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

4-1997

Keywords

Alcohol; Access to Health Care; Legal

Abstract

This study represents a descriptive, point-in-time examination of the structure and content of provider network agreements between managed care organizations (MCOs) and community mental health and substance abuse (MH/SA) treatment and prevention agencies. This is not a study of the quality of managed care systems. Instead, this analysis is designed to assess provider contracts (one of the basic legal instruments on which the managed care system rests) and to identify the meaning of these instruments for MH/SA service providers, group purchasers, MCOs, individual consumers and their families, and public policy.

Comments

Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

APA Citation

Rosenbaum, S., Silver, K., & Wehr, E. (1997). An evaluation of contracts between managed care organizations and community mental health and substance abuse treatment and prevention agencies. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Open Access

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