Mental Health Services for Non-Medicaid Population Eliminated in Utah

December 6, 2004

Mental Health Services for Non-Medicaid Population Eliminated in Utah The Utah Department of Human Services announced November 9, 2004, 4,332 low-income individuals not eligible for Medicaid will no longer receive mental health treatment at public facilities after June 30, 2005. The discontinuation of funding is the result of the enactment of a federal ruling under the Federal Balanced Budget Act that changed the reimbursement formula for mental health centers.  Previously, centers could collect one Medicaid dollar for services to Medicaid patients, although the actual costs were 93 cents per patient. The difference was . . .