Washington State Releases Fully Integrated Managed Care RFP For North Central Region

On February 15, 2017, the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) released a request for proposals (RFP 1812) seeking a Medicaid managed care plan for the north-central region (Grant, Chelan, and Douglas counties) to provide fully integrated physical health/behavioral health care services under an Apple Health—Fully Integrated Managed Care (FIMC) contract. Proposals are due by April 14, 2017. The FIMC contract would begin by January 1, 2018.

In the FIMC model, the health plan provides the full continuum of comprehensive services including primary care, pharmacy, mental health, and substance use disorder treatment through collaborative care coordination and . . .