Maryland Selects Carelon Behavioral Health As Next ASO For Public Behavioral Health System

The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) selected Carelon Behavioral Health, Inc. as its next administrative services organization (ASO) for the state’s public behavioral health system (PBHS) under a contract to begin January 1, 2025. Carelon will manage an array of mental health and addiction treatment services for more than 1.7 million Medicaid beneficiaries. The current contractor is Optum under a five-year contract valued at $190 million, which is slated to end December 31, 2024.

MDH had rebid the contract with a request for proposals (RFP MDH-OCMP-23-19761) released on January 10, 2023, with responses due . . .