Managed Care in Human Services (Paperback)

The unique contribution of this book is its exclusive focus on the current impact of managed care on social service organizations and delivery systems, public sector systems, and professional practice. It is one of the only books to address managed care from a social work perspective. And it is the first to address the impact of managed care on services to children.

Stephen P. Wernet (PhD, University of Texas at Austin; MSW, University of Connecticut) is professor in the School of Social Service and the Department of Public Policy, at Saint Louis University. He is a nationally recognized authority in the field of nonprofit and social work administration. His research program focuses on organizational restructuring through mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances as well as web-enhanced and distributed learning in higher education. Professor Wernet has extensive consulting experience with nonprofit and community based organizations. He is recognized and sought for his expertise in the areas of outcome assessment, programmatic and organizational benchmarking, quality management, operational management assessment, and operational planning. Professor Wernet has authored numerous articles and papers on nonprofit organizations, social work administration and distributed learning.