Healthcare Innovation September 28, 2021
Inspector General recommends CMS help states evaluate the effects of telehealth on behavioral health services
The Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services recently issued a data brief highlighting the multiple challenges state governments report providing behavioral health services via telehealth to Medicaid enrollees.
The OIG noted that states are increasingly relying on telehealth to provide behavioral health services to Medicaid enrollees. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth was an important tool for states to increase access to behavioral health services for enrollees in rural or underserved areas with provider shortages.
The OIG conducted a survey of state Medicaid directors from 37 states that provide behavioral health services via telehealth through managed care organizations....
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