Integral Health Network Of Southern Arizona Achieves 12.1 Point Reduction In 2023 Medical Loss Ratio For Medicaid MCO Banner–University Family Care

Within one year of its launch, the Integral Health Network of Southern Arizona (IHNSA), a clinically integrated network (CIN), reduced the medical loss ratio (MLR) by 12.1 points for a cohort of high-cost members attributed by the Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) Banner–University Family Care (BUFC). The MLR for the cohort dropped from 151.3% in 2022 to 139.2% in 2023, an 8% relative improvement.

IHNSA is a group of large multi-specialty behavioral health provider organizations that launched as a CIN in late 2022 in partnership with Alera Health, Inc. The group includes CODAC Health . . .