CMS Clarifies Medicaid Definition of Covered Case Management Services
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst The World in Which We Work On November 30, 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued clarifications about the Medicaid definition of covered case management services and provided examples of excluded activities. The clarifications are estimated to save the federal Medicaid program about $1.2 billion over the next five years. Case management services are services that help Medicaid-eligible individuals access medical, social, educational, and other services. In general they are comprehensive and coordinated and include an individuals assessment, development of a specific care plan . . .