ICD10monitor June 10, 2024
A total of 10 states are being added to the demonstration program.
A groundbreaking pilot program meant to combat the nation’s mental health and substance use crisis was expanded dramatically last week, when 10 states were added to the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Medicaid Demonstration Program.
CCBHC, a joint project by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), will now involve services in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont, after each successfully developed necessary state-level infrastructure and worked with providers to develop programs that meet CCBHC standards.
A CMS press release issued...