The Provision of Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations

Acknowledgements

The preparation of this report on mental health was supported by a contract (# 98M-0028601) by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) with the Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. Primary support for the overall project was provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (Grant #RO1 DA10915) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (Grant #RO1 AA10869). We thank our project officers, especially Jeffrey Buck at SAMHSA, who provided the initial concept for this report; as well as William Cartwright at NIDA and Michael Hilton at NIAAA, who each provided guidance and support throughout this project. William L. Wallace assisted in the preparation of this report.

The authors acknowledge the contributions of our Brandeis colleagues, Della Faulkner, David Goldin, Michele King, Grant Ritter, Kate Skwara, Terri White, and Galina Zolotusky. We appreciate the interest and support provided by the executive directors, the medical directors, and their colleagues in the managed care organizations included in our study. We also thank individuals in the managed behavioral health care organizations that helped with this study.

We thank the members of our expert advisory panel: Laura Altman, John Bartlett, Kenneth Cohen, Bruce Davidson, Thomas Dial, Richard Frank, Suzanne Gelber, Thomas McLellan, Claire Sharda, and Kenneth Wells. Numerous other advisors and colleagues also provided useful input at various stages of the project, including Steve Adelman, Stuart Altman, Paula Breslin, Audrey Burnam, James Callahan, Mady Chalk, Thomas D'Aunno, Spencer Falcon, Judy Feldman, Robert Fusco, Eric Goplerud, Dennis McCarty, Margaret O'Kane, David Osser, James Sabin, Rebecca Smart, and William Zwick.

Staff members from Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. - especially Charles Denk, Todd Ensor, Marcia Giletto, Marsha Gold, Patricia Nemeth, Joanne Pascale, Frank Potter, Julie Rothbard, Richard Strouse, Sally Waltman - and the interviewers provided invaluable expertise in helping to design the survey instrument and sample, and in collecting the data.

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Recommended Citation
Horgan, C. M., Merrick, E. L., Garnick, D. W., Hodgkin, D., Cenczyk, R. E., Lusenhop, R. W., & Bhalotra, S. (2003). The provision of mental health services in managed care organizations. DHHS Pub. No. (SMA) 03-3797. Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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