Trillium outlines Medicaid "tailored plan" services; commissioners press for Moore County data and outreach

Cecilia Pierce, regional vice president of Trillium Health Resources, told the Moore County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 7 that Trillium is now operating as a "tailored plan" under North Carolina's Medicaid transformation and serves people with serious behavioral health, substance-use and intellectual or developmental disability needs.

Pierce said Trillium covers both behavioral and physical health benefits for its tailored-plan members and provides nonmedical supports such as transportation, housing assistance and pharmacy benefits. "Trillium Health Resources is your local managed care and managed local management entity and managed care organization," she said.

The presentation described differences between standard Medicaid plans (for mild-to-moderate needs) and tailored plans (for people who require enhanced services such as intensive in-home therapy, assertive community treatment, residential services and certain waiver services). Pierce said Trillium covers about 29% of the county's Medicaid population — "just under 6,000 members in Moore County" as of July of the previous year — and that standard plans cover the remainder.

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