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  1. The Effect of Malpractice Reform on Emergency Department Care

    Article • New England Journal of Medicine, October 2014, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  2. Bundled Payment Fails To Gain A Foothold In California: The Experience Of The IHA Bundled Payment Demonstration

    Article • Health Affairs, August 2014, Health Affairs

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  3. WHAT FACTORS AFFECT BUNDLE ADOPTION IN A VOLUNTARY QUALITY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN?: AN ASSESSMENT OF PROJECT JOINTS

    Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, March 2014, BMJ

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  4. Contextual Issues Influencing Implementation and Outcomes Associated With an Integrated Approach to Managing Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult ICUs

    Article • Critical Care Medicine, September 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  5. Non-quantitative treatment limitations in the mental health parity regulations: How can “different” still be parity?

    Article • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, October 2012, Elsevier

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  6. What Oregon's parity law can tell us about the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and spending on substance abuse treatment services

    Article • Drug and Alcohol Dependence, August 2012, Elsevier

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  7. Response to Kuttner Letter

    Article • American Journal of Psychiatry, May 2012, American Psychiatric Association

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  8. Behavioral Health Insurance Parity: Does Oregon's Experience Presage the National Experience With the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act?

    Article • American Journal of Psychiatry, January 2012, American Psychiatric Association

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  9. The PROMETHEUS Bundled Payment Experiment: Slow Start Shows Problems In Implementing New Payment Models

    Article • Health Affairs, November 2011, Health Affairs

    Peter Hussey, Ms M Susan Ridgely

  10. Clinical Decision Support and Malpractice Risk

    Article • JAMA, July 2011, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  11. Controlling U.S. Health Care Spending — Separating Promising from Unpromising Approaches

    Article • New England Journal of Medicine, November 2009, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  12. Adopting Information Technology to Drive Improvements in Patient Safety: Lessons from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Health Information Technology Grantees

    Article • Health Services Research, April 2009, Wiley

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  13. Experiences of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-Funded Projects That Implemented Practices for Safer Patient Care

    Article • Health Services Research, April 2009, Wiley

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  14. Mental health and substance abuse insurance parity for federal employees: How did health plans respond?

    Article • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, December 2007, Wiley

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  15. Language Access Services for Latinos with Limited English Proficiency: Lessons Learned from Hablamos Juntos

    Article • Journal of General Internal Medicine, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  16. Justice, Treatment, and Cost: An Evaluation of the Fiscal Impact of Allegheny County: Mental Health Court: Summary

    Article • January 2007, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  17. Managing Medicaid Behavioral Health Care: Findings of a National Survey in the Year 2000

    Article • Psychiatric Services, July 2006, American Psychiatric Association

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  18. Is conventional wisdom wrong? Coverage for substance abuse treatment under Medicaid managed care

    Article • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, June 2006, Elsevier

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  19. Behavioral Health Insurance Parity for Federal Employees

    Article • New England Journal of Medicine, March 2006, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Ms M Susan Ridgely, Alexander S. Young

  20. Health Plans Respond to Parity: Managing Behavioral Health Care in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program

    Article • Milbank Quarterly, March 2006, Wiley

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  21. Electronic Prescribing and HIPAA Privacy Regulation

    Article • INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing, November 2004, SAGE Publications

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  22. Collaborations between drug courts and service providers: Characteristics and challenges

    Article • Journal of Criminal Justice, May 2004, Elsevier

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  23. Outpatient Commitment: Laura's Law and the Rand Report

    Article • Psychiatric Services, April 2003, American Psychiatric Association

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  24. Debating Outpatient Commitment: Controversy, Trends, and Empirical Data

    Article • Crime & Delinquency, January 2003, SAGE Publications

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  25. Payment Under Public and Private Insurance and Access to Cochlear Implants

    Article • Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, October 2002, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  26. Managed Behavioral Health Care: An Instrument to Characterize Critical Elements of Public Sector Programs

    Article • Health Services Research, August 2002, Wiley

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  27. State Mental Health Policy: Critical Elements of Public-Sector Managed Behavioral Health Programs for Severe Mental Illness in Five States

    Article • Psychiatric Services, April 2002, American Psychiatric Association

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  28. Drug courts

    Article • Journal of Criminal Justice, May 2001, Elsevier

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  29. Florida's medicaid mental health carve-out: Lessons from the first years of implementation

    Article • The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, November 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  30. Major Dimensions of Managed Behavioral Health Care Arrangements

    Article • January 1999, CrossRef Test Account

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  31. Impact of Robustness of Program Implementation on Outcomes of Clients in Dual Diagnosis Programs

    Article • Psychiatric Services, January 1999, American Psychiatric Association

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  32. Interagency Collaboration in Services for People With Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder

    Article • Psychiatric Services, February 1998, American Psychiatric Association

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  33. Analysis of three interventions for substance abuse treatment of severely mentally ill people

    Article • Community Mental Health Journal, December 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  34. Gender Differences in the Assessment of Specialized Treatments for Substance Abuse among People with Severe Mental Illness

    Article • Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, October 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  35. Comparative Effectiveness of Three Approaches to Serving People with Severe Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorders

    Article • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, September 1995, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  36. Assessments of community mental health support systems: A key informant approach

    Article • Community Mental Health Journal, December 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  37. Cost-effectiveness of substance disorder interventions for people with severe mental illness

    Article • June 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  38. Evaluating the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Program on Chronic Mental Illness

    Article • Milbank Quarterly, January 1994, JSTOR

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  39. Independent housing for persons with chronic mental illness

    Article • Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, January 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  40. Local Mental Health Authorities and Service System Change: Evidence from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Program on Chronic Mental Illness

    Article • Milbank Quarterly, January 1994, JSTOR

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  41. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment of Homeless Persons: Results from the NIAAA Community Demonstration Program

    Article • Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, January 1994, Project Muse

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  42. Application of Case Management to Drug Abuse Treatment: Overview of Models and Research Issues

    Article • January 1992, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  43. Creating integrated programs for severely mentally ill persons with substance disorders

    Article • New Directions for Mental Health Services, January 1991, Wiley

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  44. Form and Function of Mental Health Authorities at RWJ Foundation Program Sites: Preliminary Observations

    Article • Psychiatric Services, January 1991, American Psychiatric Association

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  45. Form and Function of Mental Health Authorities at RWJ Foundation Program Sites: Preliminary Observations

    Article • Psychiatric Services, November 1990, American Psychiatric Association

    Ms M Susan Ridgely

  46. The dual crisis: Mental illness and substance abuse: Present and future directions.

    Article • American Psychologist, January 1989, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ms M Susan Ridgely