Tennessee Medicaid Launches Behavioral Health Home Program

On December 1, 2016, the Tennessee Division of Health Care Finance & Administration (HCFA) and 21 behavioral health provider organizations launched the state’s Health Link program that creates behavioral health homes for TennCare Medicaid beneficiaries. Approximately 80,000 TennCare members have been attributed to a Health Link behavioral health home. The Health Link program provides comprehensive and coordinated behavioral health services.

Each Health Link provider organization operates multiple behavioral health home sites. Most of the Health Link behavioral health homes are operated by community mental health centers. However, participation is open to other behavioral health provider organizations that serve . . .