The Redefinition of Community Mental Health: How Does Health Care Reform Impact Community Mental Health Centers?

The recently enacted Health Care Reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), increases the level of payment to Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) through the creation of health homes, and by co-locating primary and specialty care in community-based mental health settings. PPACA also amends the definition of CMHCs. Because PPACA provides no new definition for CMHCs within the legislation itself, one must turn to the current definition of CMHC’s as found in the federal regulations governing health care . . .

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