Newsletter Articles | September 30, 1988
Few Employers Use Managed Mental Health Care Programs
OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health Industry Analyst
Industry Statistics
A Foster-Higgins survey of 2,016 employers in both the public and private sectors indicates that very few have employed utilization review or case management as methods of controlling either inpatient or outpatient mental health costs. Fewer still have contracted with mental health preferred provider organizations.
These figures suggest that while there has been a steady and rapid growth of organizations providing mental health utilization review services and offering mental health treatment under preferred provider arrangements, only a small . . .