Indiana Medicaid To Reimburse For Short-Term IMD Services

On January 1, 2020, Indiana implemented a Medicaid waiver amendment that will allow the state to receive reimbursement for short-term services for people age 19 to 64 with serious mental illness (SMI) who are treated at privately run institutions for mental disease (IMD). The waiver excludes treatment provided at Indiana's six state-operated psychiatric hospitals. This waiver amendment augments an earlier waiver approved on February 1, 2018, that allows the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) to reimburse for inpatient treatment in private IMDs for Medicaid members with a primary diagnosis of an addiction disorder. FSSA implemented . . .