Michigan Legislative Panel Approves Financing Models For Integrated Care Pilot Projects

On April 19, 2017, a Michigan House appropriations panel approved two new financing models to help the state integrate Medicaid physical and behavioral health services by September 30, 2020. In one, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) would create a statewide prepaid inpatient health plan (PIHP) to manage behavioral health services; the statewide PIHP would replace the 10 regional mental health authorities. The other would take place in Kent County, and would pilot a fully integrated model. MDHHS would work with a willing community mental health service provider organization in Kent County and willing Medicaid managed care . . .