Legal Issues Associated With Development and Implementation of Provider-Sponsored Managed Care Organizations

In an era of change in our Nation's health care delivery system, substance abuse service (SAS) & mental health providers (MHP) must reconfigure their organizational structures & operations to accommodate managed care (MC) methodologies. This report summarizes the legal issues that SAS & MHP must address when organizing provider-sponsored MC org. (MCOs) & when implementing MC programs through contract negotiation & the delivery of services & care through provider contracts. It furnishes SAS providers, MHP, & provider-sponsored network/MCOs with an overview of pertinent legal, structural, & operational considerations.Murphy, Anne M. is the author of 'Legal Issues Associated With Development and Implementation of Provider-Sponsored Managed Care Organizations' with ISBN 9780756706241 and ISBN 0756706246.