Medicaid

Colorado Medicaid officials are working to curb spending on peer and support services after costs reached $293 million last year, The Colorado Sun reported Sept. 28. The services covered 35,000 people per month. Spending on what Medicaid defines as self-help…

Minnesota will no longer allow hotel rooms to be used for crisis respite, a Medicaid-funded program that provides care and supervision to people experiencing mental health crises, MPR News reported Sept. 14.  The state stopped allowing new hotel placements in…

Life expectancy among Medicaid beneficiaries with autism spectrum disorder was 13.8 years shorter than among the U.S. general population, according to a study published Sept. 10 in JAMA Network Open.  Researchers from New York City-based Columbia University and University of…

Tulsa, Okla.-based Grand Mental Health, a certified community behavioral health clinic network, is rebuilding parts of its business model to reduce reliance on Medicaid as the program faces federal work requirements and state-level cost-cutting pressure.  About 80% of Grand’s revenue…

At least five states have taken steps in 2026 to restrict new Medicaid behavioral health provider enrollments as stakeholders seek to curb fraud, waste and abuse while strengthening oversight of high-risk services.  The developments come as the Trump administration aims…

The Maryland Department of Health extended a temporary suspension on certain new Medicaid behavioral health provider enrollments amid efforts to address potential fraud, waste and abuse and ensure provider quality, according to a June 24 news release from the department.…

Behavioral health leaders are facing a major Medicaid policy shift after CMS issued an interim final rule June 1 outlining how states must implement Medicaid work requirements beginning Jan. 1, 2027, KFF reported June 23.  Under the 2025 reconciliation law,…

The Utah Department of HHS has placed a temporary moratorium on new substance use disorder and mental health rehabilitation provider enrollments in the state’s Medicaid program after receiving federal approval.  Here are four things to know:

States with higher Medicaid reimbursement rates for psychiatrists had 24% lower overall healthcare costs and 19% lower psychiatric-specific costs among Medicaid patients with serious mental illness, according to a study published in The American Journal of Managed Care. The study…

Behavioral health providers in South Florida said Medicaid termination notices have disrupted services for patients and affected provider operations, CBS News Miami reported June 3.  Glory to God, which provides physical therapy, behavioral therapy and schooling for medically fragile children,…