The Alabama Medicaid Agency is responsible for the development and oversight of the Alabama Coordinated Health Network (ACHN) program which provides case management programs in order to provide seamless care coordination that focuses on quality and improved health outcomes.
The ACHN program operates in seven regions. The following designations of geographic boundaries have been established for ACHN locations:
- 1. Central, which includes the following counties: Autauga, Butler, Chilton, Crenshaw, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, and Wilcox.
- 2. East, which includes the following counties: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, DeKalb, Etowah, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega, and Tallapoosa.
- 3. Jefferson and Shelby, which includes the following counties: Jefferson and Shelby.
- 4. Northeast, which includes the following counties: Cullman, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan.
- 5. Northwest, which includes the following counties: Bibb, Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston.
- 6. Southeast, which includes the following counties: Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Macon, Pike, and Russell.
- 7. Southwest, which includes the following counties: Baldwin, Choctaw, Conecuh, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, and Washington.
Author: Keisha Hawkins, Unit Manager, Network Provider Assistance Division, Managed Care Operations
Statutory Authority: State Plan; Title XIX, Social Security Act; C.F.R. Part 438; C.F.R. §438.700 et. seq.
History: New Rule: Filed August 13, 2003; effective September 17, 2003. Repealed and New Rule: Filed July 11, 2019; effective August 25, 2019. Amended: Published March 31, 2025; effective May 15, 2025.