 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Wendy Holt, MPP, Dougherty Management Associates, Inc., 9 Meriam Street, Suite 4, Lexington, MA 02420, 781-863-8003, wendyh@doughertymanagement.com and Rita Vandivort-Warren, ACSW, Division of Policy Coordination, OPPB, OA, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Adm., HHS, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 10-99, Parklawn Bldg, Rockville, MD 20857.
Presenters will describe the Medicaid Behavioral Health Benchmarking Project, sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and conducted under subcontract to The Lewin Group, Inc. This project collected substance abuse performance measures from six Medicaid managed care programs to assess available performance measure data for benchmarking across systems. The Programs’ designs were diverse, including integrated and carve-out models, various geographic areas, and differing target populations. The presenters will discuss the selection of measures from numerous behavioral health measurement initiatives, and present data on several indicators, such as penetration, utilization, and cost. The challenges comparing across systems of care include methodological issues and the impact of differences in target populations and program parameters. Presenters will also discuss the potential value of cross-system comparisons in public systems for advocacy, policy development, system management and improvement, and the value of comparisons over time in tracking the impact of current changes to State Medicaid programs.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: Substance Abuse Treatment, Managed Care
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.