1995 Symposium Conference
Changing the Environment of the Delivery
of Mental Health Services
March 24, 1995
Health
Law Symposia
Over 130 lawyers, health care professionals and law students
attended the Center for Health Law Studies/Saint Louis University
Law Journal conference on "Changing the Environment of
the Delivery of Mental Health Services" at the School of
Law on March 24, 1995. The Department of Psychiatry and Human
Behavior of the University's School of Medicine co-sponsored.
Dr. Howard Goldman, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of
Mental Health Policies at the University of Maryland, set the
foundation for the conference in the opening address. Dr. Goldman
related current developments in the theories, methods and delivery
of mental health services to the history of mental health care
policy in the U.S.
Conference attendees noted: "A wonderful program"...
"Quality of speakers was excellent"... "Very
timely"... "My gratitude and appreciation to the Center
for all its work."
Many conference speakers (listed below) identified managed
care as a current major force that is having far-reaching effects
on the delivery of mental health services. Speakers and conference
attendees, many of whom were mental health professionals who
direct managed care programs or who provide services under managed
care contracts, discussed the nature of professional responsibilities
toward patients; issues in evaluating the effectiveness of mental
health therapies and the quality of mental health services;
the basics of managed care contracting; and the influence of
disability discrimination laws, among other timely topics.
Workshops focusing on the changing environment included Mental
Health in Long Term Care (George Grossberg and Cathy Goldstein,
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, St. Louis University);
Managed Care (Abby Wasserman, United Behavioral Systems, and
Greg Kuhn, William Mercer, Inc.); Substance Abuse (David Ohlms,
SSM Recovery Centers); and State Mental Health Systems (Joseph
Parks, M.D., Missouri Department of Mental Health). Roundtable
sessions on specific issues included Confidentiality and Records
(Susan Spiegel, Personal Performance Consultants); Contracting
with Managed Care Entities (Brian Andrew, Greensfelder, Hemker
& Gale, and Jill Hummel, BJC Health System); Licensure and
Scope of Practice (Daniel P. Card, II, Paule, Camazine &
Blumenthal); and Research Agenda (Richard Wiener, Department
of Psychology, St. Louis University, and Maria Hall, School
of Public, St. Louis University). We appreciate the contribution
that each of these speakers made to the quality of the program.
The 1995-1996 Health Law Symposium of the Saint Louis University
Law Journal will publish articles based on the major papers
presented at the conference. Diane Turpin has been named as
editor of the Symposium issue.
Principal Papers Delivered
The Delivery of Mental Health Services: Moving Toward
the 21st Century
Howard Goldman, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Director of
Mental Health Policy Studies, The University of Maryland
Litigating Access to Mental Health Services
Leonard S. Rubenstein, Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental
Health, Washington, DC
What Price Mental Health? The Ethics of Managed Mental
Health Care
Philip Boyle, The Hastings Center, Briarcliff Manor, New York
Liability, Discipline and Other Quality Control Issues
for Mental Health Professionals
John Petrila, Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University
of South Florida
Fraud and Abuse in the Delivery of Mental Health Services
Dorothy McMurtry, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District
of Missouri, and John Munich, J.D., Assistant Attorney General,
State of Missouri
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