Newsletter Articles | January 1, 2000
Research Shows Benefit Limits And Cost-Sharing More Likely In Managed Mental Health Care Plans
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
Industry News
Managed behavioral health plans - behavioral health carve-outs and HMO behavioral health benefit plans - are more likely to include some type of benefit limits and cost-sharing provisions than non-HMOs and non-carve-out plans (administered by separately designated organizations). These are the conclusions of report authors David S. Salkever, Ph.D., Judy Shinogle, M.Sc. and Howard Goldman, M.D., Ph.D. in their article, "Mental Health Benefit Limits and Cost Sharing Under Managed Care: A National . . .