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PULSE ANNUAL No. 2
January 2003

Recent Trends, Challenges and Issues in Funding Public Mental Health Services in the US
March 2002

PULSE ANNUAL No. 1
October 2001

 

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What Drove Private Health Insurance Spending on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care, 1992-1999?
A Health Affairs article at Medscape based on employer claims data from approximately 1.7 million covered lives in each year - "The analysis finds that employer-based private insurance spending on MH/SA treatment did not keep pace with total employer-based private insurance spending or general price inflation." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
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State ordered to hire expert to help kids (Maine)
Kennebec Journal story - "A federal court ordered state officials Wednesday to hire an outside expert to remedy problems with Maine's system of tracking the hundreds of children who need psychiatric services. The order shows that the state Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services has failed to comply with aspects of its agreement to provide timely in-home treatment to mentally ill and disabled children."  
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