title: Residential treatment centers: peer review by APA and CHAMPUS.
abstract: The authors describe a nine-year collaboration between the American Psychiatric Association and CHAMPUS to ensure quality psychiatric treatment in residential treatment centers ( RTCs ). After discussing the development of RTCs and the effects of early peer review, the authors detail the development of the APA/ CHAMPUS peer review project. During the first five months of the project the reviewers found that RTC care under CHAMPUS was usually necessary and of adequate quality; however, the reviewers found limited medical presence and insufficient documentation at some centers. The authors endorse continued review by the APA/ CHAMPUS peer review project to ensure the appropriate utilization of RTC care.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010380:Peer Review; D011570:Psychiatry; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D012114:Residential Treatment / Q000592:standards*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review