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Commissioners warn MDHHS rebid could shrink local mental health oversight, create $20 million shortfall
Summary
Commissioners discussed planned state-level rebidding of mental health contract regions and raised concerns that the shift to PIHPs could reduce local representation and create large funding shortfalls for Riverwood and county services.
County commissioners spent part of the June 19 meeting discussing proposed changes by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) that would rebid behavioral health service regions and move responsibilities from community mental health agencies (CMHs) to Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans (PIHPs).
Commissioners said the state’s plan would reduce the existing nine regions to three larger regions and transfer operational responsibility away from locally governed CMHs. One commissioner said Riverwood — the local CMH…
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