Maricopa County Mental Health Contract Awarded

The Arizona Department of Health Services has awarded a $500 million contract for the provision of public mental health services in Maricopa County to one of the largest and most experienced behavioral health management firms in the nation.

Magellan Health Services was selected to provide services in Maricopa Countybeginning Sept. 1 over two other offerors – ValueOptions, which currently provides public mental health services in Maricopa County, and Cenpatico Behavorial Health.

An exhaustive review of the three proposals by an independent evaluation team consumed three months. The contract will run three years, with an estimated value of $500 million annually, with an option for two more years based on performance. See Frequently Asked Question at www.azdhs.gov.

Eddy Broadway, Department of Health Services Deputy Director, said the agency has a special obligation to ensure there is no disruption in service to consumers during the transition to the county’s new mental health services provider. ValueOptions has provided behavioral health services in Maricopa County since 1998.

“We will be working overtime to ensure people with mental illness in Maricopa County continue to receive services without interruption,” he said.

A Community Stakeholder Meeting has been scheduled at the City of Phoenix Pulliam Auditorium in the Burton Barr Central Library from 10 am to noon on Friday, June 15. The library is at 1221 N. Central Avenue.

There are approximately 70,000 adults and children receiving behavioral health services in Maricopa County.

For more information contact:
Michael Murphy, ADHS Public Information: (602) 542-1094
Eddy Broadway, ADHS Behavioral Health: (602) 364-4566

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