CalOptima To Select Single Managed Behavioral Entity For Orange County Medicaid Beneficiaries By January 2017

CalOptima, the county-organized health system that serves Orange County, California, is planning to streamline its management of Medicaid behavioral health services by January 1, 2017. CalOptima intends to contract with a single managed behavioral health organization (MBHO) for its Medicaid plan and for its Medicare-Medicaid programs for people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. Currently, CalOptima contracts with two MBHOs to manage benefits for different populations. College Health Independent Practice Association (CHIPA)/ Beacon Health Strategies manages a limited outpatient behavioral health benefit for CalOptima’s Medi-Cal (California’s Medicaid program) members, and applied behavior analysis (ABA) to . . .