tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 3

Medicaid: MENTAL HEALTH GROUPS, ER DOCS RAISE ALARM ON MEDICAID CUTS

But more cuts likely to follow as states grapple with deficits.Mentally ill patients already are suffering "dire consequences" from recent Medicaid cuts, and trimming services for this most vulnerable population won't even help state budgets. That's the message the American Psychiatric Association, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and National Mental Health Association recently sent to the nation's governors. Medicaid is the single largest source of financing for mental-health care in the United States, the groups pointed out in a Dec. 3 statement to the National Governors Association. Cutting Medicaid services that limit health care for the mentally...

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