Community Defined and Performance-Based and Regulatory Standards

BHST Part OneDevelop methods and execute initial procurement and contracts incentivizing community defined and performance-based and regulatory standards7

BHST Part One: Performance and Value - Based Contracting

This section focuses on progress towards developing initial procurement and contract templates through collaborative efforts with public and private payers.E

During this reporting period, Mind OC accomplished steps toward developing initial procurement and contract templates. Identification of public and private payers that would likely participate in the coverage or provision of services in the crisis and short term residential behavioral health and substance use treatment sector was achieved. Initial conversations were set to discover the range of payers meeting the need for these services and able and interested in review of potential referral partnership that met criteria for doing so. The focus was on contracting proposals to Private Payers (Commercial Health Plans) whose clients could benefit from access to services in this field (behavioral health and substance use treatment). One Southern California Health Plan committed to participating in a proof-of-concept contract for services. Work continues in this area, with heavy activity planned for the next few quarters, to understand any shortcomings and modifications necessary for a successful proof of concept and boilerplate contract model.