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• OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions Awarded URAC Accreditation

  - 2008-06-10

  Company's United Behavioral Health Centers Receive Full Reaccreditation in Eight Regions and One New Health Utilization Management Accreditation PORTLAND, Ore. -- OptumHealth, the nation's largest health and wellness company, announced today that it has been awarded Health Utilization Management Accreditation by URAC for its United Behavioral Health UBH Care...

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• Helping caregivers help themselves

  - 2007-09-15

  Recognizing the toll that caregiving takes, some employers are adopting new programs and benefits to assist their employees who are caring for loved ones who are elderly or disabled. The latest additions include telephonic support groups, software for caregiving needs and seminars focused on the wellbeing of the caregiver. ...

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• Medica Initiative Makes It Easier to Receive Care for Depression

  - 2005-03-21

  Medica is reaching out to physicians and mental health professionals with a unique new program to help Medica members with depression get faster access to treatment. One of the distinctive features of the new program, Health Advantage by MedicaSM, is a specific physician-to-psychiatrist consult line that is open to...

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• United Behavioral Health Achieves NCQA Accreditation with Highest Rating

  - 2004-09-08

  SAN FRANCISCO -- United Behavioral Health UBH today announced that its San Diego care management center has been awarded a full, three-year accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance NCQA with the highest rating possible for a managed behavioral health organization MBHO. "This award is one of many...

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• UBH Provides Free Resources for Mental Health Month; Increases Awareness of Behavioral Health Issues & Encourages Treatment

  - 2004-04-28

  News Editors/Health/Medical Writers SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--April 28, 2004 In the spirit of Mental Health Month, United Behavioral Health UBH is making a variety of free resources available on its public Web site (www.unitedbehavioralhealth.com) in May. A dedicated page on the site includes links to emotional wellness articles and...

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• Connecticut-Based ConnectiCare, Health Net Switch Care Mental Health Managers.

  - 2003-09-03

  By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 3--ConnectiCare and Health Net are switching managers of mental health care Oct. 1, in moves that could require some members to change therapists. Both companies say they...

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• Massachusetts Gives Cost-Control Incentive for Mental Health Care.

  - 2003-06-25

  By Liz Kowalczyk, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 25--Even as insurers and employers do away with the most controversial aspects of traditional managed care so they don't upset patients, they are embracing it for one particular type of care:...

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• Hospital Group to Terminate Contracts with United Healthcare of Ohio.

  - 2002-01-10

  By Jason Roberson, Dayton Daily News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 10--The Kettering Medical Center Network said Wednesday it will cut three contracts with United Healthcare of Ohio in a move that could affect 1,800 Miami Valley residents. Starting Feb....

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• United Behavioral Health's Health Plan Division Receives Re-Accreditation From URAC

  - 2001-05-07

  Business Editors/Medical Writers SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--May 7, 2001 United Behavioral Health UBH is pleased to announce that its Health Plan Division has achieved full re-accreditation by URAC also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission. UBH's Health Plan Division first achieved URAC accreditation in 1995, and has been...

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• United Behavioral Health First National MBHO To Receive Accreditation From Joint Commission; National Leader for Health Care Standards Recognizes UBH Care Management

  - 2001-01-30

  Business Editors/Health and Medical Writers SAN FRANCISCO--BW HealthWire--Jan. 30, 2001 United Behavioral Health UBH is pleased to announce that it is the first and only national managed behavioral health organization MBHO to achieve accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. A leader in health care...

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