title: Legal developments in managed mental health care.
abstract: There has been rapid development in recent years of employer programs aimed at controlling the skyrocketing costs of providing mental health care benefits to employees. This column, which is based on a presentation at a Client Briefing Conference conducted by Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., on September 13, 1989, in Dallas, Tex., discusses some of the legal issues that have arisen in connection with the various plans that have been developed.
mesh_terms: D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007358:Insurance, Psychiatric / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States