MM Curator summary:
Maryland will begin paying BH and LTC providers more January 1 via a rate increase of 3.5% and 4%, respectively.
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Clipped from: https://stateofreform.com/featured/2020/12/60078/
Behavioral health and long-term care Medicaid reimbursement rate increases are set to go into effect on Jan. 1.. They were initially set to go into effect on July 1. The rate increases were passed through legislation in 2019.
Governor Larry Hogan announced the change on Thursday. Reimbursement rates will affect private health care providers who provide services to Marylanders on Medicaid.
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The changes to long-term care reimbursement will include nursing facilities, Rare and Expensive Case Management (REM), Development Disabilities Administration (DDA) targeted case management for certain individuals and private duty nursing. The Medicaid reimbursement rate for each will increase by 4 percent.
Behavioral health programs included in the bill will see a 3.5 percent increase in reimbursement. This includes behavioral analysis, adult residential and community-based substance use disorder treatment (SUD), mental health services, behavioral health targeted case management for children and adults, the 1915i community-based services program and therapeutic behavioral services.
The costs associated with the changes will be split between the state’s general funds and federal Medicaid funding.
