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In 1997, five Oregon counties -- Lincoln, Benton, Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook -- formed an inter-governmental group called Accountable Behavioral Health Alliance (ABHA). The organization delivers managed-care mental health services to the 22,600 county residents covered by Medicaid.
In an effort to provide efficient mental health care, ABHA formed a partnership with a private managed behavioral health company, Lake Oswego, Ore.-based PacifiCare Behavioral Health (PBH), a subsidiary of Pacific Healthcare....