UBS Signs Agreement With Medica Choice

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News United Behavioral Systems, Inc. (UBS) has signed a contract with Medica Choice to provide a managed behavioral health program for the plan’s 400,000 members, effective January 1, 1992. The terms of the two-year agreement were not disclosed. Medica Choice (formerly PHP Health Plan Of Minnesota) is the country’s largest IPA-model HMO. As part of the agreement, UBS will operate eight mental health clinics in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. UBS has also developed a network of over 400 therapists throughout the state . . .