CMS Approves Five-Year Extension of the Evolving West Virginia Medicaid’s Behavioral Health Continuum of Care Section 1115 Demonstration

View in browser | Distributed by Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a five-year extension of the Evolving West Virginia Medicaid's Behavioral Health Continuum of Care section 1115 demonstration. This extension includes the authorities currently in the demonstration, including substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for individuals residing in an Institution for Mental Diseases (IMD), peer recovery support specialist services, and the requirement that beneficiaries in the Children with Serious Emotional Disorder 1915(c) waiver have a lock-in period with a single, specialized managed care organization. The extension also provides new authorities, such as certain housing supports under the health-related social needs (HRSN) framework, post-overdose response teams called Quick Response Teams, recovery-related support services to help individuals with SUD manage their symptoms that interfere with employment, and the reentry demonstration initiative. The extension approval is effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029. Today's approval and other administrative documents can be found on the Medicaid.gov demonstration page. Stay connected with Medicaid.gov and CMS: Modify/Update Subscriber Preferences  |  Unsubscribe  |  Contact Us   Questions or problems? Please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This e-mail was sent to edwardlorilla1986.paxforex@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (410-786-5473) · 7500 Security Boulevard · Baltimore MD 21244