Magellan Health Services Expert to Present at National Health Care Quality Conference.FARMINGTON Farmington. 1 Town (1990 pop. 20,608), Hartford co., central Conn., on the Farmington River; inc. 1645. It is mainly residential with some light industries. The town has a private girls' school and the Univ. , Conn. -- Magellan Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract , the nation's leading manager of behavioral health Behavioral health was first used in the 1980's to name the combination of the fields mental health and substance abuse. As an example, an organization serving both mental health and substance abuse clients might refer to its practice as behavioral health or care, will deliver a presentation on the company's quality improvement program at a national health care conference later this month. Joann Albright, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist psy·chol·o·gist n. A person trained and educated to perform psychological research, testing, and therapy. psychologist and senior vice president of quality and outcomes, will present information on the development and maintenance of Magellan's quality improvement and accreditation accreditation, n a process of formal recognition of a school or institution attesting to the required ability and performance in an area of education, training, or practice. program on September 20, 2004, at the annual educational conference of the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ NAHQ National Association of Healthcare Quality ), an organization for professionals and organizations committed to quality improvement in the health care field. Titled "Developing a Successful Outcomes-Oriented Quality Improvement and Accreditation Program," Albright's presentation will address the challenge of developing and maintaining a quality improvement program for the nation's largest managed behavioral health care company. Her presentation will focus on the development of valid measures and data collection methods across different lines of business, the integration of quality improvement principles into operational management structures and the development of quality improvement initiatives that meet accreditation standards as well as regulatory and customer requirements. This year's NAHQ conference will take place in Orlando, Fla., from September 18 to 21, 2004. The organization's yearly conference discusses emerging trends in the regulatory arena, examines the application of quality across the health care continuum Continuum (pl. -tinua or -tinuums) can refer to:
Headquartered in Farmington, Conn., Magellan Health Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:MGLN) is the country's leading managed behavioral health care organization. The company specializes in managed mental health and substance abuse services as well as employee assistance/work-life programs. Its customers include health plans, corporations and government agencies. |
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