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Characteristics of practitioners in a private managed behavioral health planSharon Reif
Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 12:283. 2012..abstract:..- Chronic disease and recent addiction treatment utilization among alcohol and drug dependent adultsSharon Reif
Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, MS035, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 6:28. 2011..The objective of this paper is to evaluate the association between the presence of chronic medical disease and recent addiction treatment utilization among adults with substance dependence... - Systems-level smoking cessation activities by private health plansSharon Reif
Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, 415 South St, MS035, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 8:A14. 2011..This study provides national estimates of systems-level strategies used by private health insurance plans to influence provider delivery of smoking cessation activities... 
Economic grand rounds: types of practitioners and outpatient visits in a private managed behavioral health planSharon Reif
Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, 415 South St, MS035, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
Psychiatr Serv 61:1066-8. 2010..Claims for patients with more complex co-occurring mental and substance use disorders indicate utilization of appropriately qualified practitioners with substantial experience on average...- Treatment services: triangulation of methods when there is no gold standardSharon Reif
Brandeis University, Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
Subst Use Misuse 46:620-32. 2011..Concordance was generally acceptable across methods and respondents. Although any of these methods should be adequate, additional information is gleaned from multiple sources... 
The impact of employment counseling on substance user treatment participation and outcomesSharon Reif
Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454 9110, USA
Subst Use Misuse 39:2391-424. 2004..Both groups were as likely to complete treatment and be abstinent at follow-up. Implications are discussed. Future needed research and unresolved critical issues are also noted...- Management of behavioral health provider networks in private health plansDeborah W Garnick
Institute for Behavioral Health, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 31:330-41. 2008..Some standard activities are common, but some health plans are adopting other approaches to retain higher-quality providers... - Patterns of service use in two types of managed behavioral health care plansElizabeth L Merrick
Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
Psychiatr Serv 61:86-9. 2010.... - Substance abuse treatment client experience in an employed population: results of a client surveyElizabeth L Merrick
Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, MS035, Waltham, MA 02454 9110, USA
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 7:4. 2012..Furthermore, the role of several factors including prior service use has not been fully explored... - Integrated employee assistance program/managed behavioral health care benefits: relationship with access and client characteristicsElizabeth S Levy Merrick
Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454 9110, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 36:416-23. 2009..20, CI 1.17-1.24), and substance abuse services specifically (OR 1.23, CI 1.06-1.43). Results are consistent with the concept that EAP benefits may increase access and address problems earlier... - Accessing specialty behavioral health treatment in private health plansElizabeth L Merrick
Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454 9110, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 36:420-35. 2009..Products with carve-outs differed on several treatment entry dimensions. Findings suggest that health plans focus on timely access and typically do not heavily manage initial entry into outpatient treatment... - Use of buprenorphine for addiction treatment: perspectives of addiction specialists and general psychiatristsCindy Parks Thomas
Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, 415 South St, MS035, Waltham, MA 02454 9110, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:909-16. 2008..This study examined prescribing practices for buprenorphine, including facilitators and barriers, and the organizational settings that facilitate its being incorporated into treatment... - Substance abuse treatment organizations as mediators of social policy: slowing the adoption of a congressionally approved medicationStanley S Wallack
Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 37:64-78. 2010..These findings suggest that such policies would be more effective if they incorporate an understanding of all three internal systems... - Availability of addiction medications in private health plansConstance M Horgan
Institute for Behavioral Health, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 34:147-56. 2008..These findings demonstrate that pharmacy benefits have an impact on access to medications for substance abuse... - Randomized trial of enhanced profiling in substance abuse treatmentMarilyn Daley
Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454 9110, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 38:96-104. 2011..To improve performance, interventions with greater scope and incentives may be needed... - Determining service variations between and within ASAM levels of careHelen J Levine
JSI Research and Training, Inc, Boston, MA, USA
J Addict Dis 22:9-25. 2003..In multi-site PPC validity studies, it will be crucial to examine within-LOC variation and take into account payment sources and staff training when assessing patient outcomes... - Unintended consequences of cigarette price changes for alcohol drinking behaviors across age groups: evidence from pooled cross sectionsDeborah L McLellan
Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, MS035, Waltham, MA 02454 9110, USA
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 7:28. 2012..To inform policymaking, this study investigates the association of state cigarette prices with smoking, and current, binge, and heavy drinking by age group... - Internet-based behavioral health services in health plansConstance M Horgan
Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, MS 035, 415 South St, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:307. 2007 - Increasing vocational rehabilitation participation and effectiveness within substance user treatment facilities: what we still need to knowSharon Reif
Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Subst Use Misuse 39:2629-30. 2004 - The value of vocational rehabilitation in substance user treatment: a cost-effectiveness frameworkDonald S Shepard
Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454 9110, USA
Subst Use Misuse 39:2581-609. 2004..Thus, the estimated cost-effectiveness of VR in promoting abstinence is $35,000 per additional abstinent client ($883/0.025), indicating that VR is a cost-effective contributor to other goals of addiction treatment... - No-Show for Treatment in Substance Abuse Patients with Comorbid Symptomatology: Validity Results from a Controlled Trial of the ASAM Patient Placement CriteriaGustavo A Angarita
From the Addiction Research Program, Department of Psychiatry GAA, SP, SL, ES, DRG, Massachusetts General, Hospital Harvard Medical School, West End House Clinic, Boston, MA Department of Psychiatry GAA, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Institute for Behavioral Health SR, Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Department of Psychiatry SP, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium Alkermes, Inc DRG, Cambridge, MA
J Addict Med 1:79-87. 2007....