In Maryland, the Health Services Cost Review Commission, an independent state agency, plays a vital role in health reform innovation and implementation. The agency regulates the quality and costs of hospital services. “Ultimately, our goal is to ensure everyone in the state has equitable access to high-quality hospital care,” says
The American Rescue Plan Act, commonly called the Covid-19 stimulus package or by its acronym, ARPA, is giving states an opportunity to increase people’s access to Medicaid home- and community-based services, including behavioral health. Section 9817 of the act provides a one-year increase in federal funding that became available on
States across the nation are scrambling to develop or strengthen their crisis care systems before 988—the nationwide three-digit number for behavioral health emergencies—becomes a reality on July 16, 2022. Kirsten Beronio, JD, Policy and Regulatory Affairs director at the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare, says states can, at least in
David W. Covington, LPC, MBA, RI International CEO & President, responded to the policy debate in the January issue of Psychiatric Services on Medicaid’s IMD exclusion rule with a letter to the editor. He writes that he supports an IMD waiver as a transitional step to help communities evolve a
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