Newsletter Articles | October 31, 2002
The Continuing Debate On The Separation Of Care Management And Service Provisions
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
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If you remember, I covered some of the recent developments in the states with local and regional behavioral health authorities. One of the issues that arose in this discussion was one of the variance functions of local authorities, which ranges from public policy mentor to care management to service provision.
I raised the age-old debate of whether the public authorities, as service managers, should also provide consumer services. In my experience, this dual role has raised many accountability . . .