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Toward managed behavioral health services in Philadelphia

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This article describes the evolution of HealthChoices, a managed mental health program in Philadelphia. This program seeks to maintain the strengths of the existing community-based system of services while implementing the state's mandate. Also discussed are the state-city relationship in regard to the program, as well as the future effects of a managed care approach to the delivery of health services to public sector clients.

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  1. Department of Public Health, City of Philadelphia, 1600 Arch St., Seventh Floor, 19103-1628, Philadelphia, PA

    Estelle B. Richman M.A. (Health Commissioner of Philadelphia and directs the city's Office of Mental Health and Mental Retardation)

  2. Philadelphia Office of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, USA

    Nancy Lucas (Project Director of Managed Care Programs)

  3. Bay Area Foundation for Human Resources, San Francisco

    Stephen R. Blum Ph.D. (Vice President, Professor)

  4. California School of Professional Psychology in Berkeley and Alameda, CA

    Stephen R. Blum Ph.D. (Vice President, Professor)

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  1. Estelle B. Richman M.A.
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Richman, E.B., Lucas, N. & Blum, S.R. Toward managed behavioral health services in Philadelphia. Adm Policy Ment Health 22, 345–356 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02106888

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