Newsletter Articles | April 30, 1999
Penetration Rates Range From 5.3% to 8.5% Under PAs HealthChoices SE
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
Industry Statistics
Suburban Counties Show Highest Penetration Rates
The first waiver period of Pennsylvania's mandatory Medicaid managed behavioral health care program, February I, 1997 to June 30, 1998, HealthChoices Southeast (HCSE), reveals penetration rates ranging from 5.3% to 8.5% in the program's five-county area. For the period examined, the highest penetration rates were in the four suburban counties surrounding Philadelphia.
Approved under the provisions of a 1915 (b) waiver by the Health Care Financing . . .