tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 4

Mental Health: States Thinking 'Out Of The Box' For Youth Programs

A number of states have come up with novel and successful Medicaid approaches to provide mental health care for children and young adults, according to child mental health expert and advocate Janice L. Cooper, PhD, in recent testimony to Congress. Cooper explains that the purpose of her testimony was to "point out to legislators and plead with them about the need to ensure that funding supports what works for children, youth and their families -- or at least what works to the best of our knowledge." Instead, however, "Medicaid policy is moving in the opposite direction," cautions...

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