Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Lee MT, Panas L, Ritter G, Davis S, Leeper T, Moore R, Reynlds M.

Are Washington Circle performance measures associated with decreased criminal activity following treatment? Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, forthcoming.

Meara, E.

Substance abuse, welfare reform, and employment.  A review. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, forthcoming. 

Merrick EL, Vartanian JV, Horgan CM, McCann BA.

Revisiting EAPs and workplace substance abuse:  Key issues and a research agenda. Psychiatric Services, forthcoming. 

 Frank RG and Garfield RL.

Managed behavioral health care carve-outs: past-performance and future prospects.  Annual Review of Public Health; 28, 303-320. 2007.

 Garnick DW, Horgan, CH, Chalk M.

Performance measures for alcohol and other drug services. Alcohol Research and Health; 29:1. 2006.

Meara, E.

Welfare reform, employment, and drug and alcohol use among low-income women.  Harvard Review of Psychiatry; 14: 223-232. 2006. 

Jonkman JN, McCarty D, Harwood HJ, Normand SL, Caspi Y.

Practice variation and length of stay in alcohol and drug detoxification centers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment; Vol. 28, pp. 11-18. 2005.

Meara E, Frank RG.

Spending on Substance Abuse Treatment: How Much is Enough?  Addiction; Vol. 100(9), pp. 1240-1248. September 2005.

Greenfield SF, Azzone V, Huskamp H, Cuffel B, Croghan T, Goldman W, Frank RG.

Treatment for substance use disorders in a privately insured population under managed care. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment; Vol. 27(4), pp. 265-275. December 2004.

Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Vartanian J.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in Health Plans: Results from a Nationwide Study. Summary Report to Respondents. Supported by NIAAA 2RO1AA10869-04A1 and NIDA 1RO1DA10915-05). September 2004.

Merrick EL, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Keck K, Cenczyk RE.

The EAP/behavioral health carve-out connection. Employee Assistance Quarterly; 18(3):1-14. 2003.

Panas L, Caspi Y, Fournier E, McCarty D.

Performance measures for outpatient substance abuse services: group versus individual counseling. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment; 25, pp. 271-278. 2003. Also accepted and presented at the American Public Health Association 131st Annual Meeting and Exposition, "Impact of type of treatment on outcomes in substance abuse outpatient programs," November 17, 2003.

Caspi Y, Turner WM, Panas L, McCarty D, Gastfriend D.

The severity index: An indicator of alcohol and drug dependence using administrative data. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly; Vol. 19(4). 2001.

Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M.

Benefits in behavioral health carve-out plans of Fortune 500 firms. Psychiatric Services; 52:943-948. 2001.

Sciegaj M, Urato M, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Goldin D, Hodgkin D.

Employee assistance programs among Fortune 500 firms. Employee Assistance Quarterly; 16(3):25-35. 2001.

Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Goldin D.

Why Carve Out? Determinants of Behavioral Health Contracting Choice Among Large U.S. Employers. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research; 27(2):178-192. 2000.

Horgan C, Garnick D, Merrick E, Hodgkin D, Keck K, Cenczyk R, Goldin D.

The Fortune 500: Carve-Out Contracts with Behavioral Healthcare Vendors in 1999. Brandeis University Summary Report to Respondents. 2000.

Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M, Goldin D.

Structuring behavioral health care: carved-out or integrated? Compensation & Benefits Management; 16(4):39-46. 2000.

Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, and Sciegaj M.

Use of performance standards in behavioral health carve-out contracts among Fortune 500 firms, American Journal of Managed Care; 5:SP81-SP90. 1999.

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Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Hoyt A.

Health plan requirements for mental health and substance use screening in primary care.  Journal of General Internal Medicine; 2007, May 4 E-publication; print forthcoming July 2007.

Merrick EL, Horgan CM, Hodgkin D, Garnick DW.

Managed care organizations’ use of treatment management strategies for outpatient mental health care. Administration and Policy in Mental Health; 33(1):104-114 2006.

Shepard DS, Daley MC, Beinecke RH, Hurley CL.

Managed behavioral health care: lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health; 32(4):311-320. March 2005.

Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A,
Rahman M, Anderson TE.

Unmet need for substance abuse treatment of adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health; 32(4):403-426. March 2005.

Daley M, Love CT, Shepard DS, Peterson CB, White KL, Hall FB.

Cost-effectiveness of Connecticut's in-prison substance abuse treatment. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation; 39(3):69-92. 2004.

Hodgkin D, Shepard DS, Anthony YE, Strickler GK.

A publicly managed medicaid substance abuse carve-out: effects on spending and utilization. Administration and Policy in Mental Health; 31(3):197-217. 2004.

Shepard DS, Reif S.

The value of vocational rehabilitation in substance user treatment: a cost-effectiveness framework. Substance Use and Misuse; 39(13&14):2581-2609. 2004.

Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL.

Cost sharing for substance abuse and mental health services in managed care plans. Medical Care Research and Review; 60(1):101-116. 2003.

Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Cenczyk RE,
Lusenhop RW, Bhalotra S.

The Provision of Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations. DHHS Pub. No. (SMA) 03-3797. Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 2003.

Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Horgan CM.

Selecting data sources for substance abuse services research. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment; 22(1): 11-22. 2002.

Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Faulkner D Bryson S.

Managed care plans' requirements for screening for alcohol, drug and mental health problems in primary care. American Journal of Managed Care; 8(10):879-888. 2002.

Garnick DW, Lee MT, Chalk M, Gastfriend D, Horgan CM, McCorry F,
McLellan AT, Merrick EL.

Establishing the feasibility of performance measures for alcohol and other drugs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment; 23:375-385. 2002

Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL.

Quality standards and incentives in managed care organizations' specialty contracts for behavioral health. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics; 5:61-69. 2002.

Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick D, Hodgkin D.

Alcohol and drug services under managed care: Getting into specialty treatment. In Magura S, Horgan CM, Mertens JS, Shepard DS, Effects of managed care on alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research; 26(3):416-422. 2002.

Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hodgkin D.

Quality measurement and accountability for substance abuse and mental health services in managed care organizations. Medical Care; 40(12):1238-1248. 2002.

Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hodgkin D, Merrick EL, Goldin D, Ritter G, Skwara KC.

Risk transfer and accountability in managed care organizations' carve-out contracts. Psychiatric Services, 52:1502-1509. 2001.

Horgan C, Merrick EL.

Financing of substance abuse treatment services. In: Recent Developments in Alcoholism, Vol. XV: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. M Galanter (Ed.). New York: Plenum Publishing. 2001.

McCorry F, Garnick DW, Bartlett J, Cotter F, Chalk M.

Developing performance measures for alcohol and other drug services in managed care plans. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement; 26(11):633-643. 2000.

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