ValueOptions Awarded Three-Year, $510 Million Arizona Contract

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Cover Story ValueOptions, the nation's second largest managed behavioral health company, was awarded a three-year, $5 10 million contract to operate the Maricopa County Regional Behavioral Health Authority. This award, cited by ValueOptions officials as the culmination of strong grass roots fact-finding among local consumer groups, was attained through a competitive bidding process issued by Arizona's Department of Health Services. Prominent among the features of this contract is ValueOption's plan to integrate a range of clinical and functional services that include crisis and case management . . .