The rapid growth in managed care, including Medicare and Medicaid enrollment, will continue to push behavioral health providers toward the assumption of some type of risk. Those who adapt to this change will have a much better opportunity to carry forward in the provision of services. No matter what strategy they choose, providers should accelerate their rates of change. Improving cost efficiency, establishing strong quality improvement programs, implementing best practices, and measuring outcomes are sound measures in and of themselves.
To help provider organizations navigate the management challenges of this transition, OPEN MINDS has developed a Managed Care Competencies Assessment . . .