March 6, 2000 Editor’s Note: The following paper was presented to Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards, Winter Conference, January 31-February 2, 2000, by Roger Facione, Independent Consultant Mr. … Continued

March 6, 2000 Generation Y May Be Cause for Concern Among EAPs Generation Y, loosely defined as those born after 1980, is becoming a concern for employee assistance programs (EAPs) … Continued

March 6, 2000 Horizon Behavioral Services Announces Accelerated Growth in Contract Signings Horizon Behavioral Services (HBS) announced on February 1, 2000, that it had signed 26 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) … Continued

March 6, 2000 Kaiser Permanente’s Watts Center Reaching Out With Free Educational Therapy Services Watts Counseling and Learning Center (WCLC), a non-profit community services program of Kaiser Permanente, has been … Continued

March 6, 2000 Magellan Reinstates Physicians After Legal Action by Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society After being accused of violating contractual obligations to psychiatrists, of terminating physicians from provider panels in violation … Continued

March 6, 2000 Maine Mental Health System Piloting Level of Care System to Ensure Adequate Hospital Discharge Plans Shoreline Community Mental Health Services (SCMHS) has served as a pilot site … Continued

March 6, 2000 Michigan’s Medicaid Beneficiaries Give High Ratings to their Health Care Michigan’s Department of Community Health “1999 Consumer Satisfaction Survey Report”, released on February 8, 2000, revealed strong … Continued

March 6, 2000 Michigan Transfers Psychotropic Drug Management From QHPs The Michigan Department of Community Health (DHC) recently announced that it is changing the way it pays for psychotropic drugs … Continued

March 6, 2000 Multi-Agency Program in NYC Showing Positive Results for Children and Families New York City’s Family Health and Support Center (FHSC) is already showing demonstrated measures of program … Continued

March 6, 2000 Negotiating Health Benefit Rates is Becoming Harder for Employers Health insurers are less interested in gaining market share and more concerned with profit margins, forcing employers into … Continued

March 6, 2000 Neurologist Calls for Surgeon General’s Resignation Over Mental Health Report Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D., a San Diego neurologist, has urged that Surgeon General David Satcher resign … Continued

March 6, 2000 New Mexico Passes Mental Health Parity Law — With Cost Protection for Employers On February 15, 2000, Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico signed into law legislation … Continued

March 6, 2000 New York Seeks School-Based Mental Health Services The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) and the New York State Education Department (SED), as members of … Continued

March 6, 2000 Non-Profits Find Opportunity Buying Failed Charter Hospitals The closing of 33 hospitals by Charter Behavioral Health Systems (CBHS) (see February 14, 2000, issue of OPEN MINDS On-Line … Continued

March 6, 2000 Ohio Firm Purchasing The Terraces, Troubled Pennsylvania Juvenile Treatment Facility The Terraces, a troubled Ephrata, Pennsylvania juvenile treatment facility, is being purchased by Ohio-based Specialized Offender Services … Continued

March 6, 2000 Oklahoma Bill Would Move Mentally Ill From Jail to Treatment Centers House Bill 2400, approved by the Oklahoma House Mental Health Committee, will move the mentally ill … Continued

March 6, 2000 Portland Police Chief Calls for Licensing of Elderly Caregivers To Combat Crime Against the Elderly Portland, Maine police chief, Michael Chitwood, announced a proposal to require elderly … Continued

March 6, 2000 Ramsay Youth Services Awarded Education Contract in Puerto Rico Ramsay Youth Services, Inc. announced on February 17, 2000, that it was awarded an education services contract by … Continued

March 6, 2000 New Mexico Seeks Regional Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care Coordination Services The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH), Behavioral Health Services Division (BHSD) requests proposals to … Continued

March 6, 2000 New Research Suggests Tobacco Cravings Can Increase Drug Cravings Among Drug Abusers New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) explores how craving tobacco … Continued

March 6, 2000 Kaiser Permanente’s Return to Work Program Showing Significant Results Since its inception in October 1997, Kaiser Permanente’s Behavioral Health Department’s Return to Work program has had over … Continued

March 6, 2000 Magellan Behavioral Health Names Vice President of National Sales Magellan Behavioral Health recently named Ted Meads vice president of national sales. In this role, Meads has responsibility … Continued

March 6, 2000 Jim Sleeper, Former Founder, Returns to VisionQuest as Division Director Jim Sleeper has accepted the position of division director with Vision Quest, a multi-state delinquency program. In … Continued

March 6, 2000 Study Finds Severely Sub-Standard Dental Care for Residents of MR Facilities A study, conducted by the Hazlewood Center, a Louisville, Kentucky-based intermediate care facility for the mentally … Continued

March 6, 2000 Suicide at Maine’s Supermax Prison Under Investigation State mental health and corrections officials are investigating the suicide of a 19-year old Maine Supermax inmate. On January 19, … Continued