New Hampshire Mandates That Medicaid MCOs Make Capitated Payments To CMHCs

In the upcoming New Hampshire Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) contracts, the state will require the MCOs to support community mental health centers (CMHCs) and addiction treatment provider organizations. To support CMHCs, the new contracts call for the MCOs to enter capitated payment arrangements with community mental health programs and provider organizations. To support addiction treatment provider organizations, the MCO reimbursements must be no less than the state’s fee-for-service Medicaid rate. Additionally, the MCOs must contract with any willing peer recovery provider organization.

Under the current contracts, starting in 2015, the MCOs were to pay the 10 . . .