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Vermont is second recipient of Medicaid innovation waiver
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.32161
Subject(s) - medicaid , waiver , reimbursement , payment , business , medicine , actuarial science , family medicine , psychiatry , finance , political science , law , health care
On Dec. 5, Vermont became the second recipient, following the District of Columbia, to receive approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to allow Medicaid reimbursement for inpatient stays at free‐standing institutions for mental disease (IMDs). The federal guidance will allow state Medicaid programs to waive the long‐standing payment exclusion in order to treat individuals with serious mental illness/serious emotional disturbance (SMI/SED) in residential settings.