States May Now Broaden Mental Health Treatment Under Medicaid

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Tue, 11/13/2018 - 3:34pm

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may now allow for states to pursue Medicaid reimbursements for short-term inpatient treatment in mental health facilities despite a decades-old exclusion, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced Tuesday.

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