A PROVIDER ASSESSMENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAID MANAGED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH-PROGRAM - YEAR 4

A stratified, random sample of 80 providers in the Massachusetts Medic aid Managed Mental Health/Substance Abuse Program were interviewed by phone to assess their views of the program in year four. Providers con tinued to believe that access and quality were the same or better than a year earlier, that client severity continued to increase while leng th of stay decreased, that readmissions and emergency room admissions were the same as a year earlier, and that aftercare was the same or be tter than a year earlier. Substantial problems were reported in the in tegration of services, in linkages with support services, and with adm inistration of the program.