Bay-Arenac Behavioral Health

What Bay-Arenac Behavioral Health does

Bay-Arenac Behavioral Health Authority (BABH) is a governmental Michigan Community Mental Health Authority established under Michigan law to manage specialty behavioral health services for Bay and Arenac Counties. The organization is governed by a 12-member Board of Directors appointed by the county Boards of Commissioners (10 from Bay County, 2 from Arenac County) and operates as a Pre-Paid Inpatient Health Plan for Medicaid specialty behavioral health services through the Mid-State Health Network provider network covering 20 Michigan counties. Headcount is reported at 501-1000 employees, and revenue is not publicly disclosed.

BABH delivers a comprehensive service portfolio across four core lines: Adult Services (Assertive Community Treatment, Case Management, Psychiatric Medication Services, Supported Employment, residential placement, senior outreach, jail diversion), Child and Family Services (Children's Case Management, Infant Mental Health, Home-Based Services, juvenile detention diversion), Substance Use Disorder Services (prevention, treatment, recovery supports, Naloxone distribution), and Crisis Services (24/7 crisis lines, Mobile Response Teams that meet individuals in the community). Additional programs include Self Determination and Self Directed Care, which give individuals control over personal budgets and recovery planning with Certified Peer Support Specialists. Service delivery is supported by a contracted Local Provider Choice Directory that includes Sacred Heart, Recovery Pathways, Ten Sixteen, Great Lakes Bay Health Centers, and other regional providers.

The business model is government-funded rather than commercial: services are free for Medicaid and Healthy Michigan beneficiaries, ability-to-pay sliding fee scales apply for uninsured individuals, and the authority is funded through the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Medicaid capitation routed via the Mid-State Health Network. Distribution occurs through five owned locations across Bay City, Kawkawlin, Essexville, and Standish, supplemented by toll-free Access and Crisis lines, mobile response capability, and a referral network spanning healthcare providers, courts, schools, and community organizations. Operations are CARF-accredited on a Three-Year basis across six program lines covering integrated DD/Mental Health services for adults, children, and adolescents.

Name

Bay-Arenac Behavioral Health

Legal name

Bay-Arenac Behavioral Health Authority

Website

https://babha.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Bay-Arenac Behavioral Health Authority is a governmental Michigan Community Mental Health Authority delivering Medicaid-funded mental health, substance use disorder, and developmental disability services to residents of Bay and Arenac Counties through five clinical sites and a Mid-State Health Network provider network.

Ownership category

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Product category

Community Behavioral Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (623220), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) & Public Behavioral Health Providers (HLAFACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Mental Health Treatment Centers (HLAFACAC), Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Community mental health services
• Substance use treatment
• Behavioral health services
• Developmental disability services
• Crisis intervention services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bay City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government/Funded Services: As a governmental Michigan Community Mental Health Authority, Bay-Arenac Behavioral Health operates as a Pre-Paid Inpatient Health Plan for Medicaid Specialty Behavioral Health Services. Services are funded through Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Medicaid programs.
2. Medicaid Services: Services are free to those with Medicaid or Healthy Michigan. The organization manages behavioral health services under Medicaid specialty behavioral health programs.
3. Sliding Fee Scale Services: For those without insurance or Medicaid, services are assigned an ability-to-pay based on a sliding fee scale according to income.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bay-Arenac Behavioral Health is the governmental Community Mental Health Authority for Bay and Arenac Counties in Michigan, providing an integrated continuum of specialty behavioral health and developmental disability services to county residents. Core service lines include adult mental health, child and family services, substance use disorder treatment, developmental disability services, 24/7 crisis intervention with mobile response, supported employment, and self-determination/self-directed care programs.

Product overview

Bay-Arenac Behavioral Health is a governmental Michigan Community Mental Health Authority that provides a comprehensive array of behavioral health services (mental health and substance use disorder services) through multiple coordinated service lines. The organization operates primarily through its core service divisions: Adult Services (offering Assertive Community Treatment, Case Management, Psychiatric Services, Supported Employment, and residential supports), Child and Family Services (including Children's Case Management, Children's Waiver Services, Infant Mental Health, and Home-Based Services), Mental Health & Wellness education, Substance Use Services (with naloxone distribution), and Crisis Services (24/7 crisis lines and Mobile Response Team). Additional programs include Self Determination and Self Directed Care for person-centered planning and financial empowerment. The organization contracts with local behavioral health providers to secure services in Arenac and Bay Counties and is accredited by CARF for multiple programs including ACT, Case Management, Crisis Intervention, and Outpatient Treatment.

Differentiator

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adult Services
• Child and Family Services Behavioral health and developmental services for children, adolescents, and their families, including children's case management, infant mental health, and Home-Based Services designed to keep children with serious emotional disturbance in their homes, schools, and communities.
• Mental Health and Wellness Outpatient mental health treatment, therapy, and wellness programming for Bay and Arenac County residents seeking support for mental health concerns that may not rise to the level of serious mental illness but still benefit from clinical care.
• Substance Use Services Treatment and recovery support for adolescents and adults with substance use disorders in Bay and Arenac Counties, including prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services, plus community Naloxone/NARCAN distribution.
• Crisis Services 24/7 crisis intervention services for Bay and Arenac County residents experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis, including a 24-hour crisis phone line, mobile response, and linkage to ongoing care.
• Self Determination Self Determination arrangements for individuals with developmental disabilities that give participants budget and employer authority to design and direct their own support services within the Michigan Medicaid behavioral health system.
• Self Directed Care Self Directed Care program that allows mental health consumers to identify and direct their own recovery-oriented services and supports, separate from and complementary to traditional case-managed services.
• Naloxone Distribution Free Naloxone (NARCAN) kits and training made available to any Bay or Arenac County resident, family member, or community member to respond to an opioid overdose, without requiring enrollment in ongoing treatment.
• Mental Health First Aid Evidence-based Mental Health First Aid training courses offered to community members, schools, workplaces, and organizations in Bay and Arenac Counties to teach recognition and response to mental health and substance use challenges.
• Suicide Prevention Community-based suicide prevention programming including awareness campaigns, education, gatekeeper training, and postvention resources for Bay and Arenac County residents, schools, and partner organizations.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mid-State Health Network (MSHN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMid-State Health Network is a Pre-Paid Inpatient Health Plan for Medicaid Specialty Behavioral Health Services. Bay-Arenac Behavioral Health is a member of the MSHN Provider Network covering 20 Michigan counties including Arenac, Bay, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Midland, Clare, Gladwin, Isabella, Mecosta, Osceola, Newaygo, Huron, Montcalm, Gratiot, Ionia, Tuscola, Saginaw, Jackson, Hillsdale, and Shiawassee counties.
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)coreOthersCARF provides international accreditation to rehabilitation facilities. BABH has received Three-Year Accreditation for multiple programs including Assertive Community Treatment, Case Management, Crisis Intervention, and Outpatient Treatment.
• Arenac County Drug & Alcohol Task ForceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal task force providing substance use prevention services in Arenac County. Listed as a local provider agency and community resource.
• Bay County Prevention NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal organization providing prevention services in Bay County. Listed as a local provider agency and community resource for substance use services.
• Great Lakes Bay Health CentersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal healthcare provider offering outpatient, recovery supports, women's specialty and prevention services. Listed as a local provider agency for substance use disorder services.
• List Psychological ServicesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal provider offering outpatient, recovery supports, women's specialty and prevention services. Listed as a local provider agency.
• Peer360 Recovery AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecovery alliance serving diverse recovery communities, their families, friends and allies. Provides peer support services and recovery community gatherings.
• Recovery PathwaysminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal provider offering Suboxone and case management services for substance use disorder treatment.
• Sacred Heart Rehabilitation CenterminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProvider offering outpatient, detox, residential, case management, recovery supports and prevention services for substance use disorders.
• Ten Sixteen Recovery NetworkminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProvider offering outpatient, detox, residential, recovery supports and prevention services for substance use disorders.
• Arenac Opportunities IncorporatedminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in supported employment services for individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness.
• Do-All, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in supported employment services for individuals with employment barriers due to developmental disability or mental illness.
• New Dimensions, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in supported employment services for individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness.
• Michigan Rehabilitation ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState agency partner in supported employment services for individuals with physical, emotional, mental, or social disabilities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Universal Health Services (UHS) Behavioral Health Division: Large national for-profit hospital and behavioral health operator with extensive inpatient and residential behavioral health facilities; overlaps with BABH on the clinical behavioral health service category but operates a private commercial model rather than a governmental CMHA structure.
• Acadia Healthcare: National specialty behavioral health operator with a broad network of residential treatment, outpatient, and crisis programs; offers overlapping clinical capability to BABH's service lines but at commercial scale and with investor-owned ownership.
• Centene Corporation (Behavioral Health Subsidiary): Managed care company with major Medicaid and specialty behavioral health exposure including the former Magellan specialty network; functions as a payer-side counterpart to CMHAs like BABH within state Medicaid behavioral health contracting frameworks.

Direct peers

• Network180 (Kent County Community Mental Health Authority): Michigan governmental Community Mental Health Authority serving Kent County with a comparable mix of mental health, substance use, and developmental disability services under the same state CMHA framework, PIHP contracting, and CARF accreditation pathway.
• Genesee Health System: Michigan CMHA serving Genesee County with a broader urban service population, offering mental health, substance use, and intellectual/developmental disability services through a comparable PIHP-aligned public-authority model.
• Community Mental Health for Central Michigan: Michigan CMHA serving Clare, Gladwin, Isabella, Mecosta, Midland, and Osceola counties, also part of MSHN, providing the same integrated mental health, SUD, and developmental disability services through a county-based governmental authority model.
• Saginaw County Community Mental Health Authority: Neighboring Michigan CMHA within the same Mid-State Health Network region, delivering an analogous public-authority behavioral health model with overlapping Medicaid funding mechanisms and shared regional provider networks.
• Shiawassee Health & Human Services: Combined county health and human services department in the MSHN network providing behavioral health services in a structurally similar governmental public-health framework serving a small Michigan county.
• Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network: Large Michigan PIHP serving Detroit and Wayne County with the same Medicaid managed specialty behavioral health authority framework but at significantly greater scale, providing a comparable operating model at the upper end of the size spectrum.
• Tuscola Behavioral Health Systems: Michigan CMHA within the same MSHN region offering community mental health, substance use, and developmental disability services through comparable county-authority structure and Medicaid specialty funding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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