MBC of Iowa to be Awarded Iowa Plan – VBH Loses Again in the Second Round

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

Cover Story

On July 9, 1998, the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) announced that Merit Behavioral Care of Iowa is the organization to which they intend to award the contract to administer the Iowa Plan for Behavioral Health. In making the selection, the DHS considered the unanimous recommendations of a seven-member evaluation panel that reviewed the only two proposals submitted to the state – one from MBC of Iowa and the other from Value Behavioral Health (now ValueOptions). This is . . .