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Mental Health Patient Rights

Friday's Progress Notes - March 26, 1999
Mental Health Information - Vol. 3 Issue 11
Provided by athealth.com - http://www.athealth.com

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CONTENTS:

1.   Mental Health Patient Bill of Rights.
2.   Unethical managed care practices
3.   Treating sicker patients with fewer resources.
4.   Monitoring medicaid managed care.
5.   Follow the status of legislation.
6.   Treatment in an era of limited resources


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Colleagues,

The battle for patient rights and quality mental health care is being waged on a number of fronts right now. Those of us who serve the mental health community need to study the issues carefully and make our voices heard on these important matters. Whatever your views, please make them known to consumer groups, professional organizations, state legislators, and Congress.

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Regards,
Jack
 
John L. Miller, MD


1. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
Mental Health Patient's Bill of Rights
This Bill of Rights, developed and supported by fifteen professional organizations, sets forth fundamental principles necessary to ensure quality mental health care and protect the rights of those seeking mental health and substance abuse treatment. Patients/clients and practitioners are encouraged to examine their insurance coverage and managed care plans in light of these principles.
http://www.healthyminds.org/Main-Topic/Patient-Bill-of-Rights.aspx

2. COALITION OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND CONSUMERS
Eleven Unethical Managed Care Practices Every Patient Should Know About
Americans want more than affordable health care--they also want ethical health care. Ethical standards are needed to protect patients, to assure honesty, to maintain minimum standards of quality, and to prevent the wasteful and fraudulent use of health care funds.
http://www.thenationalcoalition.org/eleven.html

3. ATHEALTH.COM
Managed Care - Interview with Bryant Welch, JD, PhD
Practitioners are now being asked to treat sicker patients in formats with fewer resources.
http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/BryantWelch.html

4. FAMILIES USA
A Guide to Monitoring Medicaid Managed Care
Want to know how well managed care plans are serving Medicaid beneficiaries in your state? This guide can help you find answers.
http://www.familiesusa.org
 
5. THOMAS
Determine the Status of Proposed Legislation
To keep current with the changing status of the various pieces of legislation, search the THOMAS Web site, a service of the Library of Congress.
http://thomas.loc.gov/
 
6. ATHEALTH.COM
Treatment of Personality Disorders in an Era of Limited Resources
The author discusses the challenge of treating mental health disorders in an era of capitation and utilization review. http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/particles/guest_plakune.html


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