Alabama Seeks Medicaid Waiver To Cover Addiction Treatment Provided By Institutions Of Mental Disease

The Alabama Medicaid Agency (AMA) is seeking a five-year Section 1115 Medicaid waiver to cover opioid and addiction disorder treatment and recovery services for Medicaid beneficiaries in Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMDs). The waiver also proposes extending limited Medicaid coverage to uninsured individuals not eligible for Medicaid who meet the criteria for addiction disorder. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking public comment on the waiver through August 31, 2023. The demonstration targets an October 2023 effective date. 

An IMD is defined as an inpatient or residential facility with 16 or more beds that primarily treats . . .