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Molina outlines mobile clinic pilot to bring primary and behavioral care into rural Mississippi
Summary
Molina Healthcare told the committee about an RV-based mobile clinic and pop-up sites deployed since 2022 to deliver primary, preventive and behavioral health services in underserved communities; they emphasized partnerships, transportation support and a care-management model rather than direct delivery of services by the insurer.
Molina Healthcare described a mobile-clinic strategy to the Insurance Committee on Sept. 11 aimed at filling primary- and behavioral-care gaps in rural Mississippi.
Tara Clark, associate vice president for state government affairs at Molina, said the health plan uses a combination of an RV mobile clinic and pop-up clinics (trailer-based) to meet residents where they live. "It's our mobile clinic and our pop up clinic — a big state-of-the-art RV and our pop up clinics that we have throughout the state of Mississippi," Clark said, describing the model as reducing transportation and workforce barriers.
David Livingston, plan president for Molina Healthcare of Mississippi, said the RV program began in July 2022 and that the organization has recorded more than 500 clinic days across its mobile and pop-up operations. He described three current pop-up clinic locations (Greenville, Biloxi and a soon-to-open site in Tunica) and said services include telehealth-enabled behavioral health, wellness exams and basic primary care. Livingston stressed Molina’s intent to partner with local providers rather than replace them: "We do not deliver the care. We partner with providers... we provide the access."
Molina described operational supports intended to boost attendance and continuity: outreach and appointment scheduling, transportation assistance to clinics, case managers, basic supply stocking and administrative support. The plan said it will coordinate with Medicaid-certified providers, identify members with gaps in care for targeted outreach, and measure pilot outcomes to determine efficacy.
Livingston said the program is available to all patients in the communities it serves, not only Molina members, and that the mobile units can be deployed for disaster response as well as routine care. He urged collaboration with providers and local agencies to scale the model where demand exists.
The committee thanked Molina for the presentation and expressed interest in pilot outcomes and potential partnerships with community providers and legislators to expand access where it is most needed.
