Detroit-Wayne County Mental Health Authority Suspends Decision To Terminate Contract With Integrated Care Alliance

In mid-December 2015, the Detroit Wayne County Mental Health Authority (DWMHA) board reversed a decision to terminate the authority’s contract with Integrated Care Alliance, LLC (ICA), a developmental disability service provider organization that had been recently acquired by Molina Healthcare. In early December, the DWMHA chief executive officer (CEO) Tom Watkins had recommended terminating ICA’s contract valued at $48 million due to several contract violations. The board voted to suspend the CEO’s decision until at least the end of January 2016 to allow time for DWMHA to research breach of contract issues and the CEO’s . . .