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Groundbreaking Medicaid demo project to expand D.C.'s BH treatment access
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32122
Subject(s) - medicaid , reimbursement , mental illness , family medicine , medicine , mental health , gerontology , nursing , psychiatry , political science , health care , law
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has designated the District of Columbia to be the first recipient of a “first‐of‐its‐kind” Medicaid demonstration project to expand treatment services to individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED). Additionally, the district can now receive Medicaid reimbursement for care provided in settings that qualify as institutions for mental disease (IMD).