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Covering Mental Health:
A Resource Guide for Reporters and Editors

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MENTAL HEALTH CORPORATIONS

These are among the largest behavioral managed-care companies in the United States.

CMG Health, Inc., 25 Crossroads Drive, Owings Mills, Md. 21117 * (410) 581-5000, fax (410) 581-5007. Alan Shusterman, Ph.D., president and ceo; Mafalda Arena, communications, (201) 782-3260; 3.3 million enrollees.

Family Enterprise, Inc., 11700 West Lake Park Drive, Milwaukee, Wis. 53224 * (414) 359-1055, fax (414) 359-1074. Joseph DesPlaines, president; owned by a holding company called Families International, a privately held behavioral health care consulting services company; four million enrollees.

Green Spring Health Services, 5565 Sterrett Place, Suite 500, Columbia, Md. 21044 * (410) 964-1593, fax (410) 740-8573; Erin Somers, communications, E-mail: esomers@gshs.com. Partly owned by Magellan Health Services Inc. Catherine Campbell, vice president of marketing and corporate communications; 20 million enrollees.

Human Affairs International, Inc., 10150 S. Centennial Parkway, Sandy City, Utah 84070 * (801) 256-7300, fax (801) 256-7662. Jack Williams, president and ceo; Doug Kirchner, communications, (801) 256-7194, fax (801) 256-7669. Owned by Magellan Health Services, Inc.; 17 million enrollees.

MCC Behavioral Care, 11095 Viking Drive, Suite 350, Eden Prairie, Minn. 55344 * (612) 996-2000. Daniel J. Potterton, president; Howard Drescher, communications, (860) 726-3578, fax (860) 726-4968; six million enrollees.

Merit Behavioral Care Corp., 1 Maynard Drive, Park Ridge, N.J. 07656 * (201) 391-8700; Albert Waxman, ceo; Mafalda Arena, communications, (201) 782-3260, fax (201) 391-2411; 22 million enrollees.

Options Health Care, Inc., 240 Corporate Blvd., Norfolk, Va. 23502 * (757) 459-5200, fax (757) 459-5230. Dr. Ronald Dozoretz, owner and chairman; Nancy Grden, communications; 3.9 million enrollees.

Principal Behavioral Care, Inc., 6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Md. 20817 * (301) 571-0633, fax (301) 881-6569. Bruno Littleton, chief operating officer; Vicki Steward, communications (515) 283-8858, in Des Moines, Iowa, fax (515) 246-5475; 2.9 million enrollees.

United Behavioral Health, 425 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. 94105 * (415) 547-5000, fax (415) 547-6200. Saul Feldman, ceo; Jim Ventrilio, communications, (860) 702-5154. Owned by United HealthCare Corp; 11.3 million enrollees.

Value Behavioral Health, 3110 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, Va. 22042 * (703) 205-6549, fax (703) 876-5644. Judy Barber, communications; 24.2 million enrollees.