Ohio Seeks 1915b Medicaid Waiver for Mental Health Services

April 9, 2001 Ohio Seeks 1915b Medicaid Waiver for Mental Health Services The Ohio Department of Mental Health is looking to request a 1915b Medicaid waiver which would, among other things, provide better service coordination for out-of network services and allow more flexible implementation of certain best practice models of intensive treatment. The Ohio Department of Mental Health's Donald Anderson, Director for Administrative Services, said that currently, services boards in the counties decide where in the state a person should receive care. Often, the county mental health boards don't know about it until they receive bills for . . .