"Improving Public/Private Partnerships In Managed Behavioral Health Care"
Suggested items to consider when thinking about the public interest, medical necessity, physical and behavioral health integration, and the public procurement process. This AMBHA-NASMHPD (National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors)-NACBHD (National Association of County Behavioral Health Directors)-NCMHC (National Community Mental Healthcare Council) white paper will be published in the February 1997 issue of Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow.
Cost: no charge.

"Competitive Procurement Standards and Medicaid Managed Care."
March 1995 McDermott, Will, and Emery legal analysis presented to the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration.
Cost: $30.00, check payable to AMBHA.

"Public Sector Procurement of Managed Behavioral Healthcare."
Prepared by consultants Colette Croze and Wendy Krasner for AMBHA, this 39 page report reviews the key factors that appear to have precipitated the relatively high number of challenges, reviews relevant precedents in federal and state healthcare procurements and related litigation, and offers recommendations for reducing the number and scope of contested public procurements.
Cost: $50.00, check payable to AMBHA.

"Seven Principles of Healthcare Reform"
A Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow reprint, March/April 1994. Offers AMBHA's vision related to health care reform.
Cost: no charge, while copies last.

An Open Letter to the Congress of the United States on Nondiscriminatory Mental Illness Insurance Coverage
An April 15, 1996 Roll Call advertisement signed by 53 businesses and non-health associations from targeted U.S. Congressional districts. This letter was sponsored by the Coalition for Fairness in Mental Illness Coverage (AMBHA, both APAs,)
Cost: no charge, while copies last.

"State Mental Illness Parity Laws"
A December 1995 summary updated October 31, 1996, April 15, 1997, June 3, 1997, August 15, 1997, and September 25, 1998 with legislative text, of mental illness parity laws enacted in Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont. Indiana, North Carolina and Texas have parity laws for their employees. Alaska, Hawaii, Louisiana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Virginia have legislative resolutions to study the issue. The chart also identifies the 14 states, which have enacted legislation complying with the federal 1996 parity law. Lastly, the analysis includes the text of the legislation vetoed by the Governor of Oklahoma.
Cost: $25.00, check payable to AMBHA.

"An Update on Parity Issues"
Copies of 33 overhead slides used as an August 8, 1997 presentation to the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) on a "Defense of Parity for Mental Illness in Health Benefit Design," which includes a summary of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) May 1997 study and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) ö Lewin Group New Hampshire study on the affordability of parity. Copies of a different set of 33 overhead slides used as a September 16, 1997 presentation to the National Substance Abuse Coalition. Copies of another set of 31 overhead slides used as a March 30, 1998 presentation on "Affordability of Parity" to the American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section. Cost: $30.00, check payable to AMBHA. August 7, 1998 AMBHA State Legislative Review summarizing all proposed state parity legislation.
Cost: $10.00, check payable to AMBHA.

"Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Care"
Copies of 70 overhead slides used as an October 1-2, 1998 presentation to the University of Pennsylvania Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research Seminar for HealthChoices, Southeastern Pennsylvania. The slides review organization and structure, quality and performance, and consumer and family expectations.
Cost: $15.00, check payable to AMBHA.

"Public Substance Abuse and Managed Behavioral Healthcare"
A copy of a white paper developed by AMBHA and the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) published in the February 1999 issue of Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow. This paper is a working document reflecting a discussion of managed care issues and concerns among public officials, who have historically licensed, financed and administered alcohol and other drug services (AOD) in states and communities, and private-sector managed behavioral healthcare organizations, which now manage these services in many places and will assume greater responsibility for services management as managed healthcare becomes more pervasive throughout the country.
Cost: $5.00, check payable to AMBHA.