Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Potential Impact of the Final Rules for Medicaid Managed Care on the Washington Public Mental Health System
A white paper (in Adobe Acrobat format) from MCPP Healthcare Consulting Inc., available at the Open Minds web site - "In the last decade the Washington State mental health system has been operating under a set of "working assumptions" related to the State’s Integrated Mental Health Services Medicaid 1915 (b) managed care waiver. In June of 2002, with the publication of the federal Final Rules for Medicaid Managed Care, a new 'Rule Book' was created that turns these 'working assumptions' on their heads and brings new and important challenges to the Washington mental health system."