Louisiana Behavioral Health Partnership: Experience Of Four Human Services Districts/Authorities During Implementation & Transition

August 14, 2013
Louisiana’s Legislative Auditor reviewed the experiences of four of Louisiana’s 10 local human service districts and authorities during the first year of the Louisiana Behavioral Health Partnership (LBHP). Under the LBHP, behavioral health program oversight and claims processing shifted to a private contractor, an affiliate of Magellan Health Services, under a two-year statewide management organization (SMO) contract valued at $354 million, which started in March 2012. The review focused on the impact of the change on the local human service districts and whether the state implemented adequate financial controls on the SMO contract to . . .