CHAMPUS to Launch Project on Psychologists’ Prescription Privileges

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News The Department of Defense has indicated that it will undertake a pilot project to determine how granting prescription privileges to military psychologists might affect “the quality and efficiency of patient care.”  A feasibility study by the Rand Corporation is due to be submitted to the Army Surgeon General in early April. Following the Rand submission of the Rand study, a panel of experts would develop a curriculum at the United States University of Health Sciences to prepare psychologists for entry into a post-doctoral fellowship.  Subsequently candidates for . . .