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November 18, 2024 | Monica E. Oss
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved New Hampshire’s Medicaid state plan amendment for community-based mobile crisis intervention teams to provide services for people experiencing a mental health or substance use disorder crisis (see CMS Approves New Hampshire’s Request to Provide Essential Behavioral Health Services Through Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams). The agency also approved a similar crisis program in Maryland (see State Plan Amendment (SPA) #: 24-0021). In January, Alabama also commenced a CMS-funded crisis mobile service (see Alabama Adds Medicaid Mobile Crisis Services) [read full article].
