Utah Bringing Children’s Residential Treatment Provider Organizations In Line With CMS IMD Rules

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Hot News On July 1, 2010, the Utah Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) stopped receiving Medicaid funding for residential mental health and/or substance abuse treatment services provided at facilities with more than 16 beds for children in foster care or who are in state custody. By the end of October 2010, the Division expects to stop funding altogether for residential treatment facilities with more than 16 beds for these children. The move was part of the state’s year-long effort to comply with the federal rules about Institutions of Mental Disease . . .