Michigan Department of Community Health to Reorganize

February 25, 2002 Michigan Department of Community Health to ReorganizeOn January 17, 2002, James Haveman, Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health, announced that the Department is going through a reorganization. The goal of the reorganization is better coordination, efficiency and quality of care. Effective February 1, 2002, the administrative responsibility for behavioral health services and physical health services (Medicaid) was combined under the direction of a single deputy director of Michigan State Health Services Administration. "It is my belief that this reorganization will enable the Michigan Department of Community Health to recognize savings at the state level that . . .