The Clinician's Guide to Managed Behavioral Care, called a survival kit and must reading, helps clinicians develop and market professional services attuned to the needs of managed care systems, manage the utilization process, and reshape an office practice or hospital-based program to become more managed care friendly. It is newly referenced and updated for clinicians to continue to advocate for their patients and clients.

William Winston, Norman Winegar

Contents
Introduction

• What is "Managed Care"?
• Managed Care Basics: Health Maintenance Organizations
• Preferred Provider Organizations and Mental Health Point-of-Service Networks
• Employee Assistance Programs and Managed Care
• Managed Behavioral Care Systems
• Contracting with Managed Care
• Managing the Utilization Management Process
• Legal Issues and Utilization Management
• Marketing to Managed Care
• Critical Issues
• Appendix A: Mental Health Provider Agreement
• Appendix B: Directory of America's Health Maintenance Organizations
• Appendix C: Treatment Summary
• Appendix D: S.O.A.P. Process Note Recording Format
• Appendix E: Managed Care Directory, 1995
• Appendix F: Brief Therapy Reading List
• Appendix G: Managed Care Market Share Estimates, 1995
• Glossary
• Index