Mental Health Quality Measurement in the Department of Defense

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Abstract
In response to the need for high-quality mental health care for its benefictanes at approprtate cost to the government, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) has developed a quality and utilization management program that requires contracted organizations to manage care through appropriate means. The system provides for oversight of utilization management contractors by a national quality monitoring contractor and a proposed utilization management criteria set based on an analysts of criteria sets currently used in government and industry. This article describes the program at its current level of development.

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