States Deploy Mobile Clinics and EMS Partnerships to Expand Rural Substance Use Treatment
States are implementing mobile clinics and emergency medical services partnerships to address rural access gaps in substance use disorder treatment. These delivery models aim to reach Medicaid beneficiaries in underserved areas where traditional brick-and-mortar providers are scarce. The strategies focus on expanding medication-assisted treatment and overdose prevention services in communities with limited behavioral health infrastructure. State Medicaid agencies can use federal authorities including Section 1115 waivers and health home state plan amendments to finance these alternative delivery models.
Rural Medicaid beneficiaries with substance use disorders face significant access barriers, and these alternative delivery models offer state agencies and managed care plans replicable approaches to meet network adequacy requirements and address overdose mortality in underserved areas.
Behavioral Health · Managed Care
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