"Managed Care Carve-Outs: Behavioral Health; A Review of the Managed Behavioral Healthcare Industry; and Characteristics of a Well Administered Behavioral Health Network."
Copies of 48 overhead slides presented to the June 18-19, 1998 Blue Cross-Blue Shield Association Behavioral Healthcare Meeting. Updates and expands previous presentations April 26-28 to the American Bar Association-American Association of Health Plans and February 6-7 to the National Black Nurses Association.
Cost: $30.00, check payable to AMBHA.

"AMBHA Member Survey Data"
Provides revenue, enrollment, and persons served by 19 AMBHA member organizations, 1993-1995. March 1996.
Cost: $10.00, check payable to AMBHA.

"Enough Already! Myths and Realities of Managed Behavioral Healthcare."
February 1998 Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow printing of a September 1997 speech by Keith Dixon, 1997 Chair of AMBHA.
Cost: no charge.

"Performance Based Accountability, Managed Care, and the Concerns of Psychiatry and Psychology."
Documents the practices of 15 of the 18 AMBHA member organizations related to "gag clauses," liability, and records. August 1996.
Cost: $10.00, check payable to AMBHA.

"The Future of Health Care for Vulnerable Populations: Is Managed Care A Solution for Persons with Serious Mental Illness?"
Copies of 45 overhead slides used as a July 17, 1996 presentation to the World Futures Society eighth general assembly.
Cost: $10.00, check payable to AMBHA.

"Managed Care and Vulnerable Americans: Mental Health Coverage."
Copies of 21 overhead slides used as a February 4, 1998 presentation to the Alliance for Health Reform Capitol Hill Briefing. Also available is the Alliance's issue brief on this subject.
Cost: $15.00, check payable to AMBHA.

"Managed Behavioral Healthcare ö Some Examples."
A list, with sources cited, of over 20 examples of the implementation of managed behavioral healthcare programs by Private Employers, Medicaid, CHAMPUS, and Public Employees. Experiences in both the private and public sectors are the same ö the number of people seeking services and provided services increases after the introduction of managed care. Inpatient hospitalizations and solo practice psychotherapy decline. Psychiatric rehabilitation, day treatment, consumer-run/peer support, residential treatment, crisis programs, and the integration/coordination of medication and medication management with day services increases.
Available on AMBHA's website.

"Managed Behavioral Healthcare: 5 Core Approaches."
July 1997 two-page description of 5 core approaches used by managed behavioral healthcare organizations.
Available on AMBHA's website.

"Consumer Involvement in Managed Care Programs."
Copies of 30 overhead slides used as a May 29, 1996 presentation to the Center for Mental Health Services National Conference on Mental Health Statistics. Also attached is the December 23, 1996 AMBHA executive director's report (19 pages), "AMBHA Featured At Primary MH Consumers Annual Alternatives Conference."
Cost: $15.00, check payable to AMBHA.

"Managed Behavioral Healthcare Objectives: Accountability Within Integrated and Coordinated Care."
Fall 1997 Paradigm magazine response to the Spring 1997 Harold Eist "The Scourge of Managed Care." Both articles are available.
Cost: $10.00, check payable to AMBHA.

"Managed Behavioral Healthcare: Purposes and Experiences."
December 7, 1997 Tallahassee Democrat Commentary published as "Plans Present Mixed Bag of Results for Providers, Subscribers."
Available on AMBHA's website.

"Public Sector Impact of Managed Behavioral Health Organizations' Emerging Acquisitions and Mergers; Alternative Futures."
Copies of 44 overhead slides presented December 7, 1997 to the Janssen Pharmaceutica ö PAREXEL Mental Health Issues Today Advisory Board of State Mental Health Directors.

"Mergers, Solvency, Bidding Dynamics, Profits: AMBHA Perspectives."
Copies of 31 overhead slides presented March 17, 1998 to the National Mental Health Association State Executive Directors Meeting, "Financial Issues in Managed Care Medicaid Programs."
Cost: $20.00, check payable to AMBHA, for both (Dec. 7 & Mar. 17) papers.

"Developing Partnerships Between Managed Care and Community ö Based Organizations."
Copies of 18 overhead slides presented September 20, 1998 to the Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow annual conference.
Cost: $10.00, check payable to AMBHA.