Administration of Mental Health Services by Medicaid Agencies

November 6, 2007 After reflecting on the steady growth in the past thirty years, state Medicaid agencies are playing an increasing role in funding, managing, and monitoring public mental health services. Yet relatively little is known on a state-by-state basis about how Medicaid agencies are exercising their responsibilities for mental health services. James Verdier, Allison Barrett, Sarah Davis gave a survey described in this report that begins to fill the information gap. This report presents the results from interviews with State Medicaid directors in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. The interviews explored how State Medicaid . . .