Sheppard-Pratt Enters Management Services Business

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Baltimore-based Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital has formed a partnership with Medlantic Healthcare Group of Washington. While the original agreement was signed more than a year ago, the joint venture’s business plan is just nearing completion, according to an article in the September 16 issue of ‘Psychiatric News’. Each company invested $100,000 for start-up financing. The joint venture will provide expanded employee assistance programs (EAPs); contract to manage six mental health units in general hospitals; and develop residential treatment centers for chemical dependency. Sheppard . . .