Healthcare Finance News January 5, 2022
The new option will help states integrate mobile crisis intervention services into their Medicaid programs, administration says.
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has unveiled a new option for supporting community-based mobile crisis intervention services for those with Medicaid. Authorized under the American Rescue Plan, the agency said it’s part of an effort to work with states to promote access to Medicaid services for people with mental health and substance use disorder crises.
Mobile crisis intervention services are tools meant to meet people in crisis where they are and provide services to people experiencing mental health or substance use crises by connecting them to a behavioral health specialist 24/7.
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