Indiana Expands CCBHC Model to 35 Counties, Aims to Reduce Competency Restoration Costs
Indiana implemented Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic coverage across eight centers in 35 counties in 2025, following Senate Enrolled Act 1 passed in 2023. The program aims to reduce competency restoration referrals to state hospitals, which currently cost an average of $100,000 per person. Early results show reductions in hospitalizations and incarcerations among participating centers. The state has 57 counties remaining without CCBHC coverage.
CCBHCs offer Indiana Medicaid managed care plans a community-based alternative to costly inpatient competency restoration and psychiatric hospitalizations, with potential to reduce acute care utilization and criminal justice involvement through upstream behavioral health intervention.
Behavioral Health · Managed Care
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