The History of Managed Care and the Role of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
The child and adolescent psychiatrist cannot practice in today's world without interacting with the world of insurance and managed care. This article reviews the history of the development of the managed care industry. It also examines the variety of roles clinicians play, whether as members of physician networks, as a peer or utilization reviewers, or as medical directors. The skills required of the physician employee and the contractual and ethical concerns are discussed.
Behavioral Health, Anthem Blue Cross National Accounts, 9655 Gromite Ridge Drive San Diego, CA 921232658, USA
Disclosures: Dr Glasser has worked for several national health plans and as a surveyor for the National Committee for Quality Assurance. He has held faculty appointments in pediatrics and psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco as an associate clinical professor of psychiatry and pediatrics and is on the Clinical Teaching Faculty at the University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry.
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