Michigan Medicaid Planning To Expand Treatment Continuum For Addiction

The Michigan Medicaid program is planning to expand the continuum of covered addiction treatment to include residential settings, recovery coaches, and care coordination. The new addiction treatment coverage was included in the state’s Medicaid waiver proposal, “Pathway to Integration,” submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on June 20. As of October 27, CMS was still considering the application.

Changes in residential coverage—The waiver will allow Medicaid to pay for residential addiction treatment services in settings that have 16 or more beds. The waiver also provides a limited expansion of mental health treatment in some . . .