Podcast: Behavioral Health Reform in Focus on MIRS

Written By Daniel Cherrin

Daniel Cherrin, Executive Director of the MI Care Council, joined MIRS this week to share providers' perspectives on why structural reform is essential to fixing Michigan’s behavioral health system.

The interview addressed the fragmentation of services across PIHPs and CMHSPs, the inefficiencies created by redundant administrative processes, and how those burdens are impacting care access statewide. Cherrin stressed the need for standardized systems, stronger oversight, and reinvestment in models that work—such as Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs).

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Daniel Cherrin

DANIEL CHERRIN |served the City of Detroit as its Communications Director and the Press Secretary to Detroit Mayor, Ken Cockrel, Jr. He is a public relations + affairs specialist who just happens to be a lawyer, with 20 years of experience providing senior public relations and government relations’ counsel to organizations on state and federal regulatory and legislative matters, as well as issues affecting corporate and individual reputation, crisis management and the media. Daniel is the founder of NORTH COAST STRATEGIES (Est. 2005) an independent public relations consultancy that combines the best of a big agency with hands-on executive-level experience and support. As a signatory company to the United Nations Global Compact, we are dedicated to addressing issues around human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption. We are also focused on redefining your brand and changing the conversation to create an impact.

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