CPC Offers Option of Fixed Price Per Admission

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Community Psychiatric Centers (CPC) is now offering a new product called CPC Care, that provides inpatient mental health services at a fixed rate per admission. CPC Care is initially being offered to managed care companies and HMOs in California, but will be expanded to other states and to insurers and employers, according to Richard L. Conte, CPC’s President. “For the first time, psychiatric care can be purchased on a per case basis, rather than a per day basis,” said Mr. Conte. "When managed care companies and HMOs . . .