Behavioral Health Business June 8, 2022
Federal health care leader Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is encouraging digital health entrepreneurs to press state-level regulators to have Medicaid cover innovative behavioral health products and services.
Speaking on Wednesday, Brooks-LaSure, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), also said states need to take a broader view of how health care is delivered to capture the impact of innovation.
“[State Medicaid programs] have requirements from us to cover mental health services, but they have a lot of flexibility to cover new ways and new approaches,” Brooks-LaSure said. “It’s so crucial to really engage with the states to make sure they’re aware of new types of initiatives and really press for those things to be covered in Medicaid and CHIP...
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