• "My clients are all on different health plans; how can I keep the policies straight?"
• "Getting services approved is so time-consuming that I'm better off accepting only self-paying clients, aren't I?"
• "Do the benefits of working with MCOs really outweigh the drawbacks?"

The answer, according to two industry insiders, is yes. If you know how to work with the system, the system can work for you. Mental Health Provider's Guide to Managed Care is the first handbook of its kind to offer clinicians a window into the inner-workings of MCOs. Authors Reich...