Evaluation of Florida's Medicaid Managed Mental Health Plans: Integrated Summary

Publication Date: 6/1/2007

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This report provides a brief, integrated summary of the findings from four evaluation components comprising the 2006-2007 evaluation of Florida's implementation of mental health managed care. The evaluation was conducted by staff at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI) under a contract with the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). This represents the tenth year that staff at FMHI has been evaluating Florida's implementation of mental health managed care. The report is divided into five primary sections. The first offers a brief national context in which to understand Medicaid managed care. Section two details the implementation of mental health managed care in Florida. The third section provides an overview of the evaluation activities that were conducted during 2006-2007. Section four summarizes the findings from each evaluation component in conjunction with the major foci of the evaluation: organizational and financial issues, access to care, recipient outcomes, and quality of care. The report concludes with a list of the major insights that have emerged over the ten years of this evaluation.