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Methadone Maintenance and State Medicaid Managed Care Programs

Article Abstract:

Several models are presented that successfully incorporate methadone maintenance into managed care settings. These include a carve-out benefit targeting opioid-dependent patients, and the designation of a pool of opioid-dependent patients kept separated from the rest of a plan's capitated risks.

Author: Frank, Richard G., McCarty, Dennis, Denmead, Gabrielle C.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: The Milbank Quarterly
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0887-378X
Year: 1999
United States, Management, Services, Managed care plans (Medical care), Medicaid, Methadone maintenance

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Placing risk in context

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Pfiesteria is discussed as an exaggerated risk, with a focus on a study of North Carolina crabbers conducted to evaluate the public health threat of the organism. The evidence suggests a low level of risk associated with Pfiesteria.

Author: Griffith, David
Publisher: Society for Applied Anthropology
Publication Name: Human Organization
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0018-7259
Year: 1999
Health aspects, Research, Health risk assessment, Pfiesteria piscicida

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