MHSIP Frequently Asked Questions MHSIP Home Page MHSIP About Us What is the MHSIP Report Card? The MHSIP mental health report card is a prototype consumer-oriented report card developed to access the quality and cost of mental health and substance abuse services. What is unique about the MHSIP Report Card? The MHSIP report card is unique among similar documents in measuring those dimensions that matter most to mental health consumers. Consumers were included in every stage of the process. The resulting document is (1) consumer-oriented; (2) based on research and explicit values; (3) focused on, but not limited to, serious mental illness; (4) designed to emphasize the outcomes of mental health treatment; and, (5) conscious of related costs and staff burden.

How is the MHSIP Report Card designed to be used? The MHSIP report card is designed to help mental health consumers, advocates, health care purchasers, providers, and state mental health agencies compare and evaluate mental health services based on concerns that are important to consumers. What are the elements of the MHSIP Report Card? The MHSIP report card consists of domains, concerns, indicators, and measures. Domains are the major areas the report card is designed to address, concerns are value statements related to each domain, indicators are an operational specification of how well an organization is performing relative to each concern, and measures are specific methodologies used to derive and calculate the indicators. How are the data used? The MHSIP report card is flexible and comprehensive. The data collected can be used to determine how well a mental health provider or service system is performing relative to the four domains - access, appropriateness, outcomes, and prevention. In addition, performance can be rated at the level of individual concerns and indicators. How should the results be interpreted? The are a number of caveats to consider when interpreting report card results. As with any such document, differential results may reflect inadequate or incomplete data or differences in the populations served. To the degree possible, statistical adjustments will have to be made to account for these variations. Individuals and organizations are encouraged to contact each provider directly for more complete information on their products or services.

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