HealthLeaders Media July 18, 2024
Laura Beerman

The risk-based contract marks meaningful expansion for both companies in a state that is growing its Medicaid rolls to include additional vulnerable populations.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– MCO Alliance Health and integrated primary care provider Cityblock have partnered to serve specialized Medicaid populations in North Carolina.

– The Medicaid members include those with intellectual/development disabilities, serious mental illness and/or substance use disorder.

– The specialized coverage and partnership reflect the state’s successful Medicaid expansion plan and NC Innovations Waiver.

Medicaid MCO Alliance Health will partner with value-based care provider Cityblock to deliver “comprehensive, integrated medical and behavioral health care to members with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorder” (SMI/SUD) North Carolina’s Medicaid program.

The partnership began July 1, 2024, and...

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