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Trillium presents tailored‑plan midyear update; local enrollment and housing supports cited
Summary
Trillium, the region’s behavioral‑health managed‑care organization, told commissioners it now serves 882 members in Bladen County and highlighted housing supports, naloxone distribution and reentry efforts.
A representative from Trillium presented a midyear update on behavioral health and tailored‑plan operations, local enrollment and several community supports affecting Bladen County residents.
Cecilia Pierce, Trillium’s Southern regional vice president, told the Board of Commissioners that after the state’s managed‑care changes Trillium now covers 46 counties and serves 882 members in Bladen County. Pierce said 640 county members received mental‑health services, 205 received substance‑use services and 155 received intellectual or developmental‑disability services; the value of services provided in Bladen County was reported as $7,734,444 for the period covered.
Pierce described Trillium’s role as a local management entity and managed‑care organization (LME‑MCO) that contracts with a network of providers rather than providing direct services. She said tailored plans add physical‑health benefits and that Trillium maintained fast claims payment performance, with roughly 99% of clean claims paid within 30 days.
Local initiatives Pierce highlighted included naloxone kit distribution, reentry simulation events to support people returning from incarceration, a CHESS app for substance‑use support, mobile behavioral‑health units and participation in the state’s Healthy Opportunities pilot, which Trillium said reduced costs for enrolled members by meeting social‑health needs such as housing and transportation. Pierce said a Back at Home grant had enrolled 11 people for housing supports; six were housed and five were in housing search.
Pierce said Trillium coordinates with local DSS, health‑department staff, the sheriff’s office and schools and that Bladen County has local representation on Trillium’s regional board and consumer advisory committees. Commissioners asked questions about foster‑care coverage and how physical‑health networks affect providers; Pierce said foster‑care coverage includes extended supports from ages 18–21 in some programs and that providers may join Trillium’s network if they meet enrollment requirements.
No board action was requested; commissioners asked Trillium to provide public‑facing materials for county distribution.
