CMS Approves Oklahoma Medicaid Waiver To Cover IMD Services For Addiction & Serious Mental Illness
On December 22, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Oklahoma’s Medicaid waiver to expand access to inpatient treatment for addiction and mental illness. Oklahoma will now pay for inpatient and residential addiction and mental health treatment in facilities with more than 16 beds, services previously ineligible for federal reimbursement under the Institution of Mental Disease (IMD) service exclusion. Historically, the federal Medicaid program has excluded reimbursement for services provided in an IMD, which is defined as …
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