Managed Care Reading List

Selected Resources and Ordering Information

• Best Principles for Managed Care Medicaid RFPs: How Decision-Makers Can Select and Monitor High Quality Programs (1996).

  The document includes principles that should be incorporated in high quality managed care programs and guidelines for states in selecting, monitoring and evaluating programs. Cost is $6.00. Published by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

  Managed Care Factsheet

  The PIN Managed Care Factsheet provides information about how managed care works and some specifics about Pennsylvania plans of mandatory managed care for individuals eligible for Medical Assistance.

  Families, Managed Care and Children's Mental Health.

  Focal Point (Fall 1996). From the Research and Training Center, Portland State University.

  A Family Advocate's Guide: Managed Behavioral Health Care for Children and Youth (1996).

  Offers guiding principles on how managed care should work for children with mental, emotional or behavioral disorders. $9.95 (includes a copy of Your Family and Managed Care). Published by the Bazelon Center and the Federation for Families. Order from the Bazelon Center.

  A Guide for Evaluating Consumer Satisfaction with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (May 1996)

  From the Technical Assistance Center at the Judge Baker's Children's Center. Cost: $12.00.

  Hurry Up and Get Well - Insurers are Cutting Back on Therapy

  Gloria Hochman, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, March 3, 1996. 3 pages. Postage $.33. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the PIN Resource Center.

  Make the Best Choice (1996).

  Published by CHOICE and Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY). The booklet is in two sections; the second half is in Spanish. Information to assist families in choosing their HMO under HealthChoices in the Southeast Region.

  Managed Care for Children's Mental Health: Why Now?

  By Jane Adams from Claiming Children (Summer, 1995), the newsletter from the Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health. 6 pages. Postage $.55 Available from the PIN Resource Center.

  Managing Managed Care for Publicly Financed Mental Health Services

  By Chris Koyanagi, November 1995, cost $9.40. Published by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.

  Mental Illness and Managed Care: A Primer for Families and Consumers

  By Michael Malloy, April 1995. Published by National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

  The Most Frequently-Asked Managed Care Questions

  Published by the American Psychiatric Association, Spring 1996.

  Principles of Family Involvement in the Development and Operation of Managed Health and Mental Health Care Systems for Children and Youth.

  Adapted from Principles of Family Involvement in the Development and Operation of Managed Health and Mental Health Care Systems for Children and Youth prepared by the Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health. 2 pages. Postage $.33. Available from the PIN Resource Center.

  TA Brief

  Including Evaluating Children's Mental Health Care Systems in a Managed Care Environment; Managed Care Evaluation: Considering Cultural Variables; and Stakeholder Perspectives. 11 Pages (1995). Published by the Judge Baker Children's Center.

  Your Family and Managed Care: A Guide for Families of Children with Mental, Emotional or Behavioral Disorders

  By the Bazelon Center and Federation for Families (1996). This 16-page booklet provides information about how managed care works and its advantages and shortcomings. It also contains a one-page list of the goals of managed care for children.

Ordering Information

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department of Clinical Affairs
3615 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
202-966-7300

American Psychiatric Association
Office of Economic Affairs and Practice Management
1400 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-682-6352

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
1101 15th Street, Suite 1212
Washington, DC 20005
202-467-5730

CHOICE
1233 Locust Street, Third Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-985-3301

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
200 North Glebe Road, Suite 1015
Arlington, VA 22203-3754
800-950-6264

PIN Resource Center
1211 Chestnut Street, 11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
800-688-4226

Research and Training Center
Portland State University
P.O. Box 751
Portland, Oregon 97207-0751
800-628-1696

The Technical Assistance Center at Judge Baker Children's Center
53 Parker Hill Avenue
Boston, MA 02120-3225
(617) 232-8390 phone
Email: info@jbcc.harvard.edu
Web site: http://www.jbcc.harvard.edu