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Managed care is making dramatic changes in behavioral health, presenting behavioral care policymakers, practitioners, providers, and patients with a new set of clinical and operational issues. As the field continues to grow rapidly, so do the controversies – and success stories. Now, in the Managed Behavioral Health Care Handbook, nationally recognized expert E. Clarke Ross brings together leading authorities from every facet of the field to provide a clear perspective on where things stand and where they are heading.
Each chapter of Managed Behavioral Health Care Handbook explores how managed care is shaping the mental health system and clinical protocols, costs, and quality issues. Each balanced, state-of-the-practice analysis focuses on both academic theory and on what works in real-life situations, including:
• Employer practices, such as using clinical depression as a window on quality and value.
• Provider innovations, including consumer satisfaction teams and ombudsman programs.
• Ethical questions and policy issues in areas such as addictive disorders, patients’ rights, medical necessity, personality disorders, and more.
• Competition and regulatory matters, including interest groups, domains of accountability, market-related policy, consumer protections, and more.
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