Areas of Expertise

Medicaid coverage policies regarding Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder treatment and services

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Medicaid Demonstration and Medicaid state plan option

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act particularly in Medicaid and CHIP

Section 1115 Demonstration initiatives focused on serious mental illness & substance use disorders

Improving access to recovery services -- including supported employment, supported education, supportive housing

Crisis response and stabilization funding including for 988, mobile crisis, and crisis stabilization settings

Additional topics:

• Medicare coverage and payment policies for MH and SUD treatment, digital therapeutics,
  opioid use disorder treatment, inpatient and outpatient payment rules

• School-based services

• Integration of MH and SUD services into primary care and other general medical settings

• Strategic use of opioid settlement funds

• Section 1115 demonstrations on reentry from incarceration and health related social needs