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Employer's Guide to Behavioral Health Services: A Road map and Recommendations for Evaluating, Designing, and Implementing Behavioral Health ServicesIn January 2005, the National Business Group on Health, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), convened the National Committee on Employer-Sponsored Behavioral Health Services (NCESBHS). This committee was charged with reviewing the current state of employer-sponsored behavioral health services and to develop recommendations to improve the design, quality, structure, and integration of programs and services.The final product of the NCESBHS, An Employer's Guide to Behavioral Health Services: A Roadmap and Recommendations for Evaluating, Designing, and Implementing Behavioral Health Services, outlines the strategies and recommendations employers can use to create a system of affordable and effective behavioral health services for their employees. Developed to help employers increase employee health status, manage employee productivity, and help control the costs related to healthcare and disability, An Employer's Guide to Behavioral Health Services helps employers better understand the complexities of the behavioral health care system in order to provide employees with high quality care. The Guide addresses the major cost trends in behavioral health among employers, identifies the current state of behavioral health care in the United States, and provides recommendations to employers in order to improve design, delivery, and purchase of behavioral healthcare services. • Executive Summary • Press Release for An Employer's Guide to Behavioral Health Services |
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