Behavioral Health Business January 19, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hopes to see the flexibility state Medicaid programs have enacted in telehealth — especially within behavioral health — become permanent.
Daniel Tsai, the deputy administrator and director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS), a division of CMS, said that one of the silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic is the pressure for the routine adoption of telehealth, especially in “ critical pieces like behavioral health and other areas.”
“We are strongly encouraging states to continue to take advantage of those flexibilities and continue to seek out as much adoption — with the right constraints — around telehealth as possible” after the end of the public health emergency, Tsai said.
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