2022 Cohort

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.

Jami Snyder
Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System