Community Care Behavioral Health

• Don Sigmon, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Communitycare Hmo, Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation, Doing Business as Community Care Behavioral Health Services Eap; Mitchell Godi, an Individual, Defendants-Appellees., 234 F.3d 1121 (10th Cir. 2000)

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (D.C. No. 97-CV-845)Steven R. Hickman, Frasier, Frasier & Hickman, ...

• Federal Circuits

• 'Fighting Back': A Funder's Perspective

In fact, one legacy of Fighting Back is its role as the leading edge of thinking at RWJF to balance the grant-making portfolio between efforts to improve medical care and efforts to improve health status through social, behavioral, public health, and community initiatives. While the argument against studying natural experiments is that it is difficult for a statistical analysis of outcomes to overcome the biasing role of selection (the communities that try new ideas are inherently not like those that do not experiment), the experience of Fighting Back shows that it is difficult to convince people that findings are believable even with careful quasi-experimental evaluation designs.

• Journal of Drug Issues
• Vol. 36 Nbr. 2, April 2006

• Valueoptions(R) New Mexico Delivers $7.3 Million to Community Behavioral Health Care Providers and Programs

To: HEALTH EDITORS Contact: Laurie Falconer, +1-505-888-5877, lfalconer@dwturner.com, for ValueOptions(R) New Mexico

• U.S. Newswire
• April 07, 2008

• A.M. Best Assigns Rating to Community Care Behavioral Health, Inc.

OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) to Community Care Behavioral Health, Inc. (Community Care)...

• Business Wire
• January 12, 2007

• Caring Congregation Network Awarded Grant to Fight Addiction

Serving on the CCN steering/advisory committee with Rev. [James Simms] are: Dr. Helen Faison, Co-Chair and director of Pittsburgh Teacher's Institute and Distinguish Professor, Chatham College; Dr. Michael Flaherty, executive director of IRETA; Carl Redwood, program director, Kingsley Association; Curtis Upsher, director of community relations, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization; James Allen, administrator, Allegheny County Department of Human Services and Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services; Mario C. Browne, project director, Center for Minority Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health; Marc Cherna, director, Allegheny County Department of Human Services; Regina McDonald, assistant chief of investigations, City of Pittsburgh; Debra Langer, policy spe...

• New Pittsburgh Courier; City Edition
• August 06, 2009

• Making the Recovery Model Real

In conjunction with managing behavioral healthcare services, Community Care works diligently to support the use of the recovery model to improve outcomes, and Community Care promotes recovery-oriented service delivery systems for its membership. Deb Wasilchak, director of Community Care's Medicaid Behavioral Health Managed Care Program in the Pittsburgh area, reflects that "Community Care's participation in this project evolved from the recognition that in order for recovery services and supports to thrive, even those with grassroots origins, agencies must demonstrate that desired outcomes are being achieved.

• Behavioral Healthcare
• Vol. 27 Nbr. 12, December 2007

• Managed care, meet community support: ten reasons to include direct support services in every behavioral health plan.

As the United States nears the third decade of what is generally referred to as managed behavioral health," state mental health officials, Medicaid po...

• Health and Social Work
• Vol. 24 Nbr. 2, May 1999

• Autistic Students Thrive at Herminie School

Every weekday morning, Abbey Etling stands silently in front of her family's Latrobe home, waiting for the bus that will take her to school. Several years ago, Abbey's mother, Sandy Etling, approached Northwestern Human Services officials about her hopes for a local school after seeing Abbey make progress through the community-based behavioral health care provider.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• July 07, 2008

• Moving Toward Recovery and Accountability

In addition to managing joint behavioral health and physical health pharmacy committees, Community Care also has collaborated with physical health plans to develop an integrated care management model allowing behavioral health and physical health managers to work side-by-side. Furthermore, investments must be made in behavioral health services research so that promising practices can be evaluated and successful initiatives added to the growing library of EBPs shown to improve Medicaid recipients' quality of life.

• Behavioral Healthcare
• Vol. 27 Nbr. 6, June 2007

• Driving Leading Social Services Mga Irwin Siegel Launches Transport Program On a Paper the Paratransit Market

Since it was established in 1960 by Irwin Siegel, Irwin Siegel Agency Inc (ISA) has focused on providing insurance products and services to the human service field through its nationwide network of retail producers. ISA now employs more than 70 staffers and operates under the management of Irwin's son, Howard Siegel, CEO. Over the years, the agency has developed package policies for a wide range of facilities, including developmental disability, behavioral health care, addiction treatment, and community and social service organizations. In line with its commitment to the social service field, Irwin Siegel Agency last year launched a comprehensive insurance program for paratransit providers. The program is available to private nonprofit and for-profit paratransit providers in 46 states; ...

• Rough Notes
• Vol. 152 Nbr. 5, May 2009