Washington Medicaid Integration Partnership

"Under the proposed WMIP pilot, Snohomish County, as one of the five counties in the North Sound Mental Health Administration (NSMHA) would have two management structures for the Medicaid mental health care system - the North Sound Mental Health Administration (NSMHA), which serves as the Regional Support Network (RSN), and one or more WMIP-contracted health plans.

The preliminary analysis projects that if WMIP is implemented as currently designed substantial resources will be shifted away from the treatment of seriously mentally ill residents of Snohomish County to serve other Medicaid enrollees with low to moderate behavioral health risk and complexity, and key psychiatric inpatient diversion and alternative services will have their financial viability jeopardized."

- From the WMIP White Paper by Barbara Mauer, MSW CMC and Dale Jarvis, CPA, MCPP Healthcare Consulting Inc.

Revised WMIP White Paper