Ohio Sets Stage For Provider Rights And Public Sector Changes: Old And New Legislation, System Reform In Spotlight

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Cover Story Part legislation, part technology, and part process - Ohio is undergoing changes in its public sector human services delivery system - potentially shifting into a new relationship between physicians and managed care organizations. To look ahead, though, we must first take a quick look back. Human Services and Child Welfare It was in 1995, during the early push for child welfare demonstration projects, that Ohio first submitted its waiver application. Launched in 1997, "ProtectOhio" is a 14-county child welfare demonstration project (including Ashtabula, Belmont, Clark, Crawford, Fairfield, Franklin, Greene . . .