Medicaid's Institute for Mental Disease (IMD) Exclusion

MACPAC calls on CMS to increase transparency and oversight of directed payments in Medicaid managed care.
CMS announced new opportunities for states to design innovative service delivery systems for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance, including Section 1115 waivers for short-term residential treatment services in an Institution for Mental Disease.
AHA letter to Representatives Greg Walden, and Frank Pallone expressing support for The Limited Repeal of the IMD Exclusion for Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries with Substance Use Disorder Act.