Behavioral health managers take hold.
With mental health and substance-abuse treatment costs averaging about 10% of a company's annual health bill, companies are looking for new ways to cap expenses. Some firms have decided to give specialists the job of managing the behavioral health portion of their medical benefits programs, according to a new survey of 350 companies by the Wyatt Co.
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