Behavioral Health
Our inaugural cohort identified scalable solutions to advance behavioral health equity for Medicaid beneficiaries in Arizona, Hawaii, and West Virginia.
2022 Focus Area
MIC’s goal is to identify and implement private-sector innovations that will improve health equity in Medicaid. The 2022 Cohort includes the three state Medicaid offices and 15 managed care organizations from Arizona, Hawaii, and West Virginia. Equity in behavioral health was the focus of these offices and organizations. Read more about detailed findings below.
Adolescent Behavioral Health
Increasing access to services and addressing challenges in behavioral health for adolescents and youth crisis support.
Maternal Behavioral Health
Improving engagement of mental health and substance use disorder treatment for pregnant and postpartum women
Our Approach
MIC has developed a sourcing and selection process that engages state, managed care, and community stakeholders in defining a health equity goal, identifying and assessing vendors that support these goals, and supporting the consideration and implementation of these vendors to ensure these solutions are sticky, scalable, and deliver impact. For more information, read the full report.
The MIC Framework for Identifying, Evaluating, and Selecting Private-Sector Innovations for Medicaid
Our Partners: States and Health Plans
The following three states and their managed care plans partnered with MIC in this effort.
Arizona
Hawaii
West Virginia
Testimonials
Having them deliver a curated set of presentations and frame the discussion allowed us the opportunity to compare approaches and even explore collaboration opportunities across one or more solutions.
