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Managed Health Care

Journal Article
Managed Care and the Workers' Compensation Bargain
Summarizes the October 1999 issue of Medical Care. Thie issue reports the results of an evaluation of a workers' compensation managed-care pilot in Washington State.
Jan 1, 1999
Research Brief
Introducing Managed Care in the Military Health System
CRI fundamentally changed the military health system; therefore, Congress required a demonstration to test the initiative's feasibility and cost-effectiveness before expanding it.
Jan 1, 1999
Report
Substance Abuse Service Utilization under Managed Care: HMOs versus Carve-Out Plans
Evaluates changes in service utilization and costs when managed behavioral healthcare organizations use carve-outs to manage their substance abuse services compared with HMOs.
Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article
Quality of Care for Primary Care Patients with Depression in Managed Care
Rates of care for depression are highly variable among managed care organizations.
Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article
Who Leaves Managed Behavioral Health Care?
The growth of managed care and the possibility of biased enrollment and disenrollment rates have raised concerns about cost shifting.
Jan 1, 1999
Report
Special Issues Addressed in the CAHPS Survey of Medicare Managed Care Beneficiaries
This article describes the process through which the Medicare Managed Care (MMC) survey was developed, and examines issues in using this Medicare beneficiary survey that have implications for all CAHPS surveys.
Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article
The Influence of Gatekeeping and Utilization Review on Patient Satisfaction
Influence of utilization review and denial of specialty referrals on patient satisfaction, willingness to recommend physician, and desire to disenroll
Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article
Trends in Managed Care and Managed Competition, 1993-1997
When choice is available, it is generally not governed by managed competition principles.
Jan 1, 1999
Report
The Design of Partners in Care: Evaluating the Cost Effectiveness of Improving Care for Depression in Primary Care
This paper describes a study design that blends health services and clinical research approaches to examine the cost-effectiveness of treatments and of quality improvement for depression in primary care, managed care practices.
Jan 1, 1999
Report
Evidence-Based Care for Depression in Managed Primary Care Practices
This paper evaluated whether externally designed, evidence-based interventions for improving care for depression can be locally implemented in managed care organizations.
Jan 1, 1999
Report
Treating Depression in Staff-Model Versus Network-Model Managed Care Organizations
This study conducted a survey of 410 primary care providers' depression-related practices to compare the knowledge and attitudes of staff or group-model managed care organizations (MCOs) with those of network-model MCOs.
Jan 1, 1999
Testimony
Effects of Substance Abuse Parity in Private Insurance Plans Under Managed Care
Testimony presented Submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources on October 21, 1999.
Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article
New Research Alliances in the Era of Managed Care
The rise of managed behavioral health care in the United States was accompanied by reductions in costs.
Jan 1, 1999
Report
Use of Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Master's-Level Therapists in Managed Behavioral Health Care Carve-Out Plans
Examines the extent to which patients using a managed behavioral health company received services from different types of mental health care provider.
Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article
Cost and Quality Trends Under Managed Care: Is There a Learning Curve in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plans?
This paper studies the performance of network plans over time using data from 52 managed behavioral health plans.
Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article
A Model of the Impact of Reimbursement Schemes on Health Plan Choice
Flat capitation (uniform prospective payments) makes enrolling healthy enrollees profitable to health plans.
Jan 1, 1998
Journal Article
Health Maintenance Organization Penetration and the Practice Location Choices of New Physicians
The rapid growth of health maintenance organizations is reshaping the practice opportunities available to physicians.
Jan 1, 1998
Journal Article
Costs and Utilization of Substance Abuse Care in a Privately Insured Population Under Managed Care
Cost and utilization patterns of substance abuse and mental health treatment under private, employer-sponsored, managed behavioral health care plans.
Jan 1, 1998
Journal Article
Managed Behavioral Health Services for Children Under Carve-Out Contracts
Service costs and utilization patterns of children in carved-out behavioral health care plans were examined and compared with those of adults.
Jan 1, 1998
Journal Article
Does Dissatisfaction with Access to Specialists Affect the Desire to Leave a Managed Care Plan?
Frequent changes in health plan enrollment may lead to discontinuity of care and compromise quality.
Jan 1, 1998

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