Key Personnel:
Roger A. Boothoyd, Ph.D.
Evaluation of Florida's Medicaid Managed Mental Health Plans: Mail Survey Component
Publication Date: 6/1/2008
Description:
This report provides a detailed and technical summary of the responses of 254 adult and 254 caregivers of child Medicaid recipients living in AHCA Area 11 who participated in a mail survey conducted by the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI) in 2007. This work was conducted as part of the evaluation of Florida's Medicaid managed mental health care implementation and was completed under a contract with the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). The goals of this component of the evaluation are to obtain and monitor a variety of Medicaid recipient indicators including health and mental health status, service needs and use, and satisfaction with services, as well as to assess changes, if any, in these indicators over time. The findings summarized in this report are based on surveys conducted in AHCA Area 11 during the spring of 2007 (February through April) approximately two years after some managed care entities had begun implementing managed mental health care in this area. When this survey was conducted, all managed care entities had assumed risk for provided community mental health services. In addition, the Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) were also at risk for physical health care and pharmacy.
