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Behavioral Healthcare: The provision of mental health and substance abuse services.

Joint Commission On Accreditation Of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO): The JCAHO is an independent, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related . . . View Full Definition

Healthcare Quality: The degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge.

Managed Behavioral Health: This is a program that covers your mental health and substance abuse care needs. In most cases, in-network benefits need to be pre-authorized by calling the Mental Health/Substance Abuse num . . . View Full Definition

Managed Behavioral Health Organization (MBHO): An organization that provides behavioral health services using managed care techniques.

Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS): An appraisal that requires raters to list important dimensions of a particular job and collect information regarding the critical behaviors that distinguish between successful and unsuccessf . . . View Full Definition

Behavioral Targeting: Ad targeting based on past recent experience and/or implied intent. For example, if I recently searched for mortgages then am later reading a book review the page may still show me mortgage ads.

Behavioral Finance: Behavioral finance combines psychology and economics to explain why and how investors act and to analyze how that behavior affects the market. Behavioral finance theorists point to the marke . . . View Full Definition

Behavioral Genetics: The study of genes that may influence behavior.

Behavioral Risk Management: The process of analyzing and identifying workplace behavioral issues and implementing programs, policies or services most suitable for correcting or eliminating various employee behavioral problems.