Summary of the Areas 5 & 7 2005 Mail Survey Component of the Evaluation of Florida's Medicaid Managed Mental Health Plans

Publication Date: 6/1/2006

Description:

This report summarizes the findings from 506 adult and 475 child Medicaid beneficiaries living in AHCA Areas 5 and 7 who participated in the mail survey component of the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute's evaluation of Florida's Medicaid managed mental health care implementation under its contract with the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). The goal of this component of the evaluation is to obtain and monitor a variety of Medicaid enrollee indicators including health and mental health status, service needs and use, and satisfaction with services, and ultimately to assess changes, if any, in these indicators over time. The findings summarized in this report are based on a survey conducted in AHCA Areas 5 and 7 during the spring 2005 (February through April) just as the implementation of managed mental health care in Areas 5 and 7 was getting underway. At this point in time the Prepaid Mental Health Plan had not yet been initiated in these two areas and the HMOs were only at risk for physical health care and pharmacy, but not mental health services. Thus, these findings reflect the status of enrollees just as the implementation of managed mental health care was getting underway in these two areas.