Weekly News Wire | July 14, 2019
Michigan DHHS Announces Delay In Pilot Of Integrated Physical Health Services & Specialty Behavioral Health Services
On June 14, 2019, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced that the Medicaid pilots under Section 298 to integrate physical and specialty behavioral health services would be delayed by a year, until October 1, 2020. The pilots had been slated to begin by October 1, 2019, but the announcement said more time is needed to complete design of the financial integration pilot model. In March 2018, MDHHS selected four community mental health services programs for the pilots: Genesee Health System; Saginaw County Community Mental Health Authority; and a joint pilot to be conducted by Muskegon County . . .
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