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Supervisors hear regional behavioral health transition details as July 1 changeover approaches
Summary
County officials were briefed on a July 1 regional shift to an ASO-managed behavioral health system, temporary contract guarantees, a new Disability Access Point role and unresolved questions about rates, advocacy funding and website services.
Jackson County Board of Supervisors heard a detailed briefing May 20 on an upcoming July 1 transition that will move parts of the region’s behavioral health system to an Administrative Services Organization (ASO) and create a Disability Access Point (DAP) to handle long-term navigation and referrals.
The presentation, led by county behavioral-health staff, outlined that the ASO will pay for counseling, psychiatric care, inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services, mobile crisis and substance-abuse treatment; existing provider contracts will continue for six months while the ASO negotiates longer-term arrangements. "The providers who we are contracted with will continue to get paid, for at least 6 months," Laurie, a county behavioral-health staff member, told the board.
Why it matters: supervisors raised concerns that the ASO will switch to Medicaid reimbursement rates, a change Laurie said "sounds like they're gonna…
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