Key Personnel:
Roxann McNeish, PhD
Svetlana Yampolskaya, PhD
Cathy Sowell, LCSW
Areana Cruz, MSEd
Tracy-Ann Gilbert-Smith, MA
Connie Walker, PhD
Gregory Teague, PhD
Ardis Hanson, PhD
Access, Integration of Care and Service Utilization for Child Welfare Involved Children in Florida's Managed Medical Assistance (MMA) Program
Publication Date: December 2016
Description:
The purpose of this study is to better understand access to services and the integration of physical health, behavioral health and child welfare services for children enrolled in the CWSP. Administrative data was used to examine enrollment rates in different MMA plans based on combinations of child characteristics, such as demographics, physical and mental health diagnoses, and maltreatment history. The study also examined differences in patterns of service utilization between children enrolled in different plans.
