New Jersey Launches Fee-For-Service Mental Health For Remaining Programs

On July 1, 2017, the New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS) launched fee-for-service reimbursement for most remaining behavioral health services. The state is in the process of shifting its Medicaid and state-funded (for the uninsured) mental health and addiction services from a grant-funded basis. The DHS Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) launched FFS in two phases. The first group of 16 provider organizations voluntarily transitioned in January 2017 at the same time DHS launched the new NJ Mental Health Payment Processing Application (NJMHAPP); at that time the provider organizations could bill for . . .