Key Personnel:
Mary Rose Murrin, M.A.
Robert J. Constantine, Ph.D.
John Robst, Ph.D.
The Administrative Data Component of the Pre Paid Managed Care Evaluation: Year 1
Publication Date: 6/1/2008
Description:
During FY 2006-2007 we had the opportunity to begin the evaluation of managed behavioral health care as it emerged from "pilot status" to statewide implementation. We looked at the performance of the HMOs and pre-paid mental health plans (PMHP), comparing access to services and outcomes of individuals for six months prior to and subsequent to the plans assuming responsibility for their care. We also studied the timeliness and appropriateness of care delivered to enrollees in each of the plans that were discharged from psychiatric hospital care. This year we use essentially the same methods to evaluate the ongoing performance of the plans serving areas 5 and 7 and the performance of managed care plan start-ups in areas 2, 3 and 11.
