Implementing the Behavioral Health Carve-out Statewide Managed Care Options Paper

January 11, 2006 Implementing the Behavioral Health Carve-out Statewide Managed Care Options PaperBehavioral Health In July 2005 DPW announced plans to expand HealthChoices in four northeast counties, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna, and Wyoming. These combined counties serve approximately 79,000 covered Medicaid recipients. Implementation is scheduled for July 1, 2006. The County Commissioners in all four counties have accepted the right of first opportunity to manage program and have selected their BH-MCO vendor.  Behavioral Health Expansion After the decision was made to delay further implementation of the HealthChoices program OMHSAS remained in dialogue with Counties and stakeholders regarding their . . .