You’ll remember that ADHS and AHCCCS jointly applied for and received a $750K Planning Grant to explore integrating primary health care and behavioral health care- especially for folks with serious mental illnesses. Our teams have been very busy over the last couple of weeks getting the initiative underway. One of the concepts we’re exploring is a specialty Regional Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA) containing a Serious Mental Illness (SMI) Health Home.
Our Interagency Steering Committee is exploring the feasibility of contracting with managed care organization(s) to serve as a Specialty RBHA with SMI Health Homes in Maricopa County beginning October 1, 2013. The team has been working hard on a Request for Information (RFI) that we expect to release in the very near future to help us with our planning. Meanwhile, our IT web design folks have been putting together a new website that should be ready to roll out next week. Additional Stakeholder input will be getting underway in the coming weeks and months as well. Stay tuned!
ADHS and AHCCCS jointly applied for and received a $750K
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