OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News The following comments are an excerpt of a presentation by Elissa P. Benedek, M.D., President of the American … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News The Health Insurance Association of America (IHAA) has issued a plan to reduce the number of uninsured Americans. … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Charter Medical Corporation of Macon, Georgia, filed its Form 10-Q Report for the first quarter of its 1991 … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Sierra Tucson Companies, Inc. announced audited results for the year ended December 31, 1990 as well as unaudited … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News The Cleo Wallace Center of Westminster, Colorado has assumed the management of the child programs of the Myron … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News The National Institute on Drug Abuse has developed estimates of the number of Americans using drugs non-medically (drugs … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Construction has begun on a $20 million psychiatric facility at Logansport State Hospital in Logansport, Indiana. According to … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry Statistics The chemical dependency treatment market appears to be growing more competitive, despite the increase in health plan coverage … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News The Travelers Company completed its purchase of U.S. Behavioral Health (USBH), the managed behavioral health care corporation based … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News A. Foster Higgins Company, Inc. has released the results of a new employer survey of mental health and … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News CMG Health has been awarded contracts to provide full risk behavioral health services to two Mid-Atlantic area HMOs … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News FHC Options of Norfolk, Virginia, has been awarded a contract to provided an employee assistance program for 2,900 … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Sierra Tucson Companies, Inc. registered 116% growth in the price of its stock for the fourth quarter of … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News The Counseling Program, a unit of Pennsylvania Hospital, has been selected to provide employee assistance services for Just … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry Profile AAPPO Officers: Chairman: Jim Kent, Mental Health Programs Chairman-elect: Brant Kelch, MedStrategies Secretary-Treasurer: Marcus Merz, PreferredOne Immediate Past … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry Profile Key Officers & Executives: Jack Newstrom, President & Chief Executive Officer Glenn Andis, Ph.D., Operations Director Chuck Sherman, … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Pro & Con Since the 1970s, partial hospitalization has been touted as a cost-effective and clinically-sound treatment modality. Yet, health … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Azure Acres, a chemical dependency recovery center in Sebastopol, California, has announced the formation of an affiliate company … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Sandoz Pharmaceutical Corporation has agreed to stop requiring users to purchase blood monitoring services through CareMark Patient Monitoring … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News The Connecticut State Department of Insurance has convened a panel of three psychiatrists to review complaints against MCC … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News In 1989, the Independence Missouri School District began offering free chemical dependency counseling and treatment for any student. … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News The Providence Center for Counseling and Psychiatric Services of Providence, Rhode Island has formed a managed care division. … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News An Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee has concluded that the benefits of drug treatment far outweigh the costs … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is continuing its funding of a grant program to encourage the … Continued

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News The American Managed Care & Review Association (AMCRA) has formed a legislative subcommittee to fight proposed restrictive state … Continued