Serving The Behavioral Health Needs Of Children In Foster Care Through Medicaid Managed Care

This presentation, led by Cindy Downey, Community Relations Manager, Foster Care, Cenpatico, was given June 4, 2014 at the 2014 OPEN MINDS Planning & Innovation Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana. In this session, Cindy Downey discusses the unique behavioral health needs of children in foster care, how managed care can serve as a partner to the child welfare system, recommendations for structuring behavioral health Medicaid approaches, the need for improved quality and continuity of care, and overall expectations from the behavioral health system (such as appropriate assessment, trauma information care, medication monitoring . . .