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Cherokee County DSS ends Healthy Blue partnership, moves services back to VAYA after unpaid bills
Cherokee County Department of Social Services Board · February 17, 2026
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DSS Director Amanda McGee informed the board that unpaid claims to Healthy Blue led to foster children losing necessary care; DSS will discontinue the Healthy Blue contract and transition behavioral-health services to VAYA while advocating to the state for VAYA operational flexibility.
Amanda T. McGee told the Cherokee County Department of Social Services board that unpaid bills from the managed-care vendor Healthy Blue had resulted in foster children losing necessary care and that, under those conditions, remaining with…
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