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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is seeking proposals from entities to serve as the state’s Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans (PIHP) to ensure Medicaid beneficiaries receive behavioral health care services and support.

Michigan’s specialty behavioral health care system provides health care coverage to approximately 300,000 Michiganders, including adults with serious mental illness, children with serious emotional disturbance, individuals with substance use disorder and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. MDHHS contracts with regional PIHPs to manage and deliver these Medicaid-covered services in conjunction with the Community Mental Health Service providers embedded in the communities a

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