CMS Adds 10 States to CCBHC Medicaid Demonstration Program
HHS announced that 10 states—Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Washington, and West Virginia—will join the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Medicaid Demonstration Program. The demonstration program, jointly administered by CMS and SAMHSA, tests an alternative payment model for community-based behavioral health services. CCBHCs provide comprehensive mental health and substance use disorder services under enhanced Medicaid payment arrangements. This expansion increases access to integrated behavioral health care in participating states and affects how Medicaid managed care organizations contract for and reimburse behavioral health services in their networks.
Medicaid MCOs in these 10 states will need to adapt their behavioral health networks, contracting models, and payment arrangements to accommodate CCBHC providers operating under demonstration-specific reimbursement methodologies.
Behavioral Health · Managed Care
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