Orange County Behavioral Health Selects CalOptima for Administrative Services Contract

On June 21, 2011, the Orange County Health Care Agency, Division of Behavioral Health Services in Santa Ana, California announced it had awarded CalOptima a $4.86 million contract to provide administrative services to manage and oversee behavioral health services for Orange County Medi-Cal beneficiaries. CalOptima is the business name for Orange County Health Authority, which also manages the county’s Medi-Cal physical health care services.

As the county’s behavioral health administrative services organization (ASO), CalOptima will receive a monthly payment to cover treatment, billing, and claims . . .