Behavioral Health Business January 9, 2022
The nation’s largest Medicaid program has received federal approval to make improvements and additions to its services, among them being those for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – which is the nation’s largest payer of behavioral health services – has given the go-ahead to the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to implement the changes to Medi-Cal, which provides Medicaid to one-third of residents throughout the Golden State.
The changes began taking effect January 1 and are facilitated by waivers that both extend demonstration projects and implement modifications to the delivery of various health care services.
As part of the changes, SUD treatment services – which are offered statewide through the...
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