How Arizona Medicaid Bridges the Divide Between Behavioral and Physical Health Services

In most states, one agency has responsibility for Medicaid enrollees' physical health services and at least one other agency oversees their behavioral health services. But Arizona is trying a different approach. In a new Commonwealth Fund issue brief, Deborah Bacharach and colleagues with Manatt, Phelps & Phillips explore whether Arizona’s effort to merge behavioral health services into its Medicaid agency is facilitating better care for enrollees.