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Professor, Associate Dean, Research, and Director, Institute for Behavioral Health

horgan@brandeis.edu Heller  257 781-736-3916

Expertise

Organization and financing of behavioral health services

Courses

  • HS 412b - Substance Use and Societal Consequences
  • HS 586a - Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment
  • HS 605c - Behavioral Health Doctoral Seminar
  • HSSP 115b - Perspectives on Behavioral Health: Alcohol, Drugs, and Mental Health

Scholarship

  • Hodgkin D, Horgan Constance M, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Volpe-Vartanian J. "Management of psychotropic medications in private health plans." Clinical Therapeutics 29. 2 (2007): 371-380.
  • Hodgkin, D, Horgan, C.M., Garnick, D., Merrick, E., Volpe-Vartanian, J. "Management of Access to Branded Psychotropic Medications in Private Health Plans." Clinical Therapeutics 29. 2 (2007): 371-380.
  • Hodgkin, D., Merrick, E., Horgan, C.M., Garnick, D., McLaughlin, T.. "Does Type of Gatekeeping Model Affect Access to Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services?." Health Services Research 42. 1 (2007): Part I: 104-123.
  • Horgan, C.M., Garnick, D.W., Merrick, E.L., Hoyt, A.. "Health Plan Requirements for Mental Health and Substance Use screening in Primary Care." Journal of General Internal Medicine 22. 7 (2007): 930-936.
  • Horgan, C.M., Merrick, E., Reif, S., Stewart, M.. "Data Points: Internet-based Behavioral Health Services in Health Plans." Psychiatric Services 58. 3 (2007): 307.
  • Horgan, Constance M, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D. "Changes in how health plans deliver behavioral health services." Journal of Behavioral Health Services Research Sept 14 Epub. (2007)
  • Horgan, Constance M, Reif S, Hodgkin D, Garnick DW, Merrick EL. "Availability of addiction medications in private health plans." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment May 11 Epub. (2007)
  • Horgan, Constance M,. "Internet-based behavioral health services in health plans." Psychiatric Services 50. 3 (2007): 307.
  • Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Horgan Constance M, Garnick DW, McLaughlin T. "Changing mental health gatekeeping: Effects on performance indicators." Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research July 27 Epub. (2007)
  • Garnick, D.W., Horgan, C.M., Chalk, M.. "Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drug Services." Alcohol Research and Health 29. 1 (2006): 19-26.
  • Lee, M.T., Garnick, D.W., Horgan, C.M., Cavanaugh, D.A.. "Constructing Adolescent Substance Abuse Performance Measures Using Administrative Data." Journal of Healthcare Quality 28. 3 (2006): 42-48, 59.
  • Brolin, M., Horgan, C.M., Amaro, H., Doonan, M.. Substance Abuse Treatment in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Gaps, Consequences and Solutions. The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University. Waltham, MA: 2005.
  • Horgan, C.M., Garnick, D.W., Institute of Medicine,. The Quality of Care for Adults with Mental and Addictive Disorders: Issues in Performance Measurement. Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University. Waltham, MA: 2005.
  • Merrick, E.L., Horgan, C.M., Garnick, D.W., Hodgkin, D.. "Managed Care Organizations' Use of Treatment Management Strategies for Outpatient Mental Health Care." Administration and Policy in Mental Health 33. 1 (2005): 104-114.
  • Ritter, G., Reif, S., Gadzuk, A., Krenzke, T., Mohadjer, L., Lee, M.T., Horgan, C.M.. "Incentive Effects on Cooperation Rates and Sample Composition in the Alcohol and Drug Services Study." Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 30. 2-3 (2005): 171-189.
  • Lee, M.T., Garnick, D.W., Miller, K., Horgan, C.M.. "Adolescents with Substance Abuse: Are Health Plans Missing Them?." Psychiatric Services 55. 2 (2004): 116.
  • Lee, M.T., Reif, S., Ritter, G., Levine, H.J., Horgan, C.M.. Alcohol and Drug Services Study Phase II: Client Record Abstract Report. Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for SAMHSA. Rockville, MD: 2004.
  • Levine, H.J., Reif, S., Lee, M.T., Ritter, G., Horgan, C.M.. Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS). The National Treatment System: Outpatient Methadone Facilities. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies. Rockville, MD: 2004.
  • Reif, S., Horgan, C.M., Ritter, G., Tompkins, C.P.. "The Impact of Employment Counseling on Substance User Treatment Participation and Outcomes." Substance Use & Misuse 39. 13-14 (2004): 2391-2424.
  • Hodgkin, D., Horgan, C.M., Garnick, D.W., Merrick, E.L.. "Cost Sharing for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in Managed Care Plans." Medical Care Research and Review 60. 1 (2003): 101-116.
  • Horgan, C.M., Merrick, E.L., Garnick, D.W., Hodgkin, D., Cenczyk, R., Lusenhop, R.W., Bhalotra, S.. The Provision of Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations. Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Rockville, MD: 2003.
  • Lee, M.T., Reif, S., Ritter, G., Levine, H.J., Marsden, M.E., Horgan, C.M.. Treatment Services and Staffing. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS): The National Substance Abuse Treatment System: Facilities, Clients, Services, and Staffing (online only). prepared by the Schneider Institute for Health Policy - ADSS Phase I Report Series. Rockville, MD: 2003.
  • Levine, H.J., Reif, S., Ritter, G., Lee, M.T., Marsden, M.E., Horgan, C.M.. Organizational Characteristics of Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS): The National Substance Abuse Treatment System: Facilities, Clients, Services, and Staffing.. Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University. Waltham, MA: 2003.
  • Levine, H.J., Ritter, G., Krenske, T., Legum, S.E., Carusi, C., Mohadjer, L., Reif, S., Lee, M.T., Horgan, C.M.. Phase II Methodology - Facility Administrator Interview and Client Record Abstraction. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS) Methodology Report: Phases I, II and III (online only). Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies. Rockville, MD: 2003.
  • Marsden, M.E., Reif, S., Pieroni, M., Levine, H.J., Lee, M.T., Ritter, G., Horgan, C.M.. Client Populations in Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS): The National Substance Abuse Treatment System: Facilities, Clients, Services, and Staffing (online only). Schneider Instititute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University. Waltham, MA: 2003.
  • Merrick, E.L., Horgan, C.M., Garnick, D.W., Hodgkin, D., Keck, K., Cenczyk, R.. "The EAP/behavioral Health Carve-Out Connection." Employee Assistance Quarterly 18. 3 (2003): 1-14.
  • Ritter, G., Carusi, C., Krenzke, T., Legum, S.E., Mohadjer, L., Reif, S., Lee, M.T., Horgan, C.M.. Phase III Methodology - Client Follow-Up Study. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS): Methodology Report: Phases I, II, and III (online only). U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies. Rockville, MD: 2003.
  • Ritter, G., Levine, H.J., Mohadjer, L., Krenzke, T., Lee, M.T., Reif, S., Horgan, C.M.. Phase I Methodology - ADSS Facility Survey. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS): Methodology Report: Phases I, II, and III (online only). U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Rockville MD: 2003.
  • Shepard, D.S., Beaston-Blaakman, A., Horgan, C.M.. The ADSS Cost Study: Costs of Substance Abuse Treatment in the Specialty Sector.. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies (Analytic Series: A-20), DHHS Publication No. SMA 03-3762. Rockville, MD: 2003.
  • Garnick, D.W., Hodgkin, D., Horgan, C.M.. "Selecting Data Sources for Substance Abuse Services Research." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 22. 1 (2002): 11-22.
  • Garnick, D.W., Horgan, C.M., Merrick, E.L., Hodgkin, D., Faulkner, D., Bryson, S.. "Managed Care Plans' Requirements for Screening for Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Problems in Primary Care." American Journal of Managed Care 8. 10 (2002): 879-888.
  • Garnick, D.W., Lee, M.T., Chalk, M., Gastfriend, D.R., Horgan, C.M., McCorry, F., McLellan, A.T., Merrick, E.L.. "Establishing the Feasibility of Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drugs." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 23. 4 (2002): 375-385.
  • Hodgkin, D., Horgan, C.M., Garnick, D.W., Merrick, E.L.. "Quality Standards and Incentives in Managed Care Organizations' Specialty Contracts for Behavioral Health." Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 5. 2 (2002): 61-69.
  • Horgan, C.M. , Lee, M.T., Reif, S. , Ritter, G. , Shepard, D.S.. Drug Abuse Treatment under Managed Care. Poster Presentation. Proc. of Abstracts, XIV International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain,. 2002.
  • Horgan, C.M., Merrick, E.L., Garnick, D.W., Hodgkin, D.. "Alcohol and Drug Services under Managed Care: Getting into Specialty Treatment. [In: Magura, S, Horgan, CM, Mertens, JR, Shepard, DS, eds. Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Special Issue]." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 26. 3 (2002): 416-422.
  • Magura, S., Horgan, C.M., Mertens, J.R., Shepard, D.S.. "Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment." Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research 26. 3 (2002): 416-422.
  • Merrick, E.L., Garnick, D.W., Horgan, C.M., Hodgkin, D.. "Quality Measurement and Accountability for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations." Medical Care 40. 12 (2002): 1238-1248.
  • Ritter, G., Shepard, D.S., Beaston-Blaakman, A., Reif, S., Horgan, C.M.. Are Incentive Payments Cost-Effective in Surveying a Hard-to-interview Population: the Experience in ADSS. Proc. of 130th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. 2002.
  • Shepard, D.S., Beaston-Blaakman, A., Horgan, C.M.. Determinants of Cost of Substance Abuse Treatment. Proc. of 130th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. 2002.
  • Garnick, D.W., Horgan, C.M., Hodgkin, D,, Merrick, E.L., Goldin, D., Ritter, G., Skwara, K.. "Risk Transfer and Accountability in Managed Care Organizations Carve-out Contracts." Psychiatric Services 52. 11 (2001): 1502-1509.
  • Horgan, C.M., Merrick, E.L.. "Financing of Substance Abuse Treatment Services." Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. vol. 15 Ed. Galanter, M.. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001. 229-252.
  • Horgan, C.M., Reif, S., Ritter, G., Lee, M.T.. "Organizational and Financial Issues in the Delivery of Substance Abuse Treatment Services." Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. vol. 15 Ed. Galanter, M.. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001. 9-26.
  • Horgan, C.M., Strickler, G., Skwara, K.. Substance Abuse: The Nation's Number One Health Problem - Key Indicators for Policy - Update. Schneider Insitute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University. Waltham, MA: 2001.
  • Huskamp, H.A., Garnick, D.W., Hanson, K.W., Horgan, C.M.. "The Impact of Withdrawals by Medicaid Managed Care Plans on Behavioral Health Services." Psychiatric Services 52. 5 (2001): 600-602.
  • Lee, M.T., Reif, S., Ritter, G., Levine, H.J., Horgan, C.M.. "Access to Services in the Substance Abuse Treatment System: Variations by Facility Characteristics." Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. vol. 15 Ed. Galanter, M.. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001. 137-156.
  • Merrick, E.L., Garnick, D.W., Horgan, C.M., Goldin, D., Hodgkin, D., Sciegaj, M.. "Benefits in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plans of Fortune 500 Firms." Psychiatric Services 52. 7 (2001): 943-948.
  • Sciegaj, M., Garnick, D.W., Horgan, C.M., Merrick, E.L., Goldin, D., Urato, M., Hodgkin, D.. "Employee Assistance Programs among Fortune 500 firms." Employee Assistance Quarterly 16. 3 (2001): 25-35.
  • Hodgkin, D., Horgan, C.M., Garnick, D.W., Merrick, E.L., Goldin, D.. "Why Carve Out? Determinants of Behavioral Health Contracting Choice Among Large US Employers." Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 27. 2 (2000): 178-193.
  • Horgan, C.M., Garnick, D.W., Merrick, E.L., Hodgkin, D., Sciegaj, M., Goldin, D.. "Structuring Behavioral Health Care: Carved Out or Integrated?." Compensation and Benefits Management 16. 4 (2000): 39-46.
  • Horgan, C.M., Hodgkin, D.. "Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Among Low-Income Populations." Access to Health Care: Promises and Prospects for Low-Income Americans. Ed. Lillie-Blanton, M., Martinez, R.M., Lyons, B., Rowland, D.. Washington, DC: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 1999. 73-95.
  • Merrick, E.L., Garnick, D.W, Horgan, C.M., Goldin, D., Hodgkin, D., Sciegaj, M.. "Use of Performance Standards in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Contracts among Fortune 500 firms." American Journal of Managed Care 5. (1999): SP81-SP90.
  • Garnick, D.W., Hendricks, A.M., Comstock, C., Horgan, C.M.. "Do Individuals with Substance Abuse Diagnoses Incur Higher Charges than Individuals with Other Chronic Conditions?." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 14. 5 (1997): 457-465.
  • Hodgkin, D., Horgan, C.M., Garnick, D.W.. "Make or Buy: HMOs' Contracting Arrangements for Mental Health Care." Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24. 4 (1997): 359-376.
  • Garnick, D.W., Hendricks, A.M., Drainoni, M.L., Horgan, C.M., Comstock, C.. "Private Sector Coverage of People with Dual Diagnoses." Journal of Mental Health Administration 23. 3 (1996): 317-328.
  • Garnick, D.W., Horgan, C.M., Hendricks, A.M., Comstock, C.. "Using Health Insurance Claims Data to Analyze Substance Abuse Charges and Utilization." Medical Care Research and Review 53. 3 (1996): 350-368.
  • Horgan, C.M.. "Need and Access to Drug-Abuse Treatment." Treating Drug Abusers Effectively. Ed. Egertson, J.A., Fox, D.M., Leshner, A.I.. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1996. 75-98.
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Degrees

The Johns Hopkins University
Sc.D.

Georgetown University
M.A.

Tufts University
B.S.

Awards and Honors

  • Christopher Walker Fellowship, Health Policy, Kennedy School, Harvard University (1986)
  • John C. Hume Award for "significance of doctoral research in Dept. Health Policy & Management" (1985)
  • NIMH National Research Service Award (1979 - 1980)
  • U.S. Public Health Service Traineeship Grant (1978 - 1979)