Weekly News Wire | July 27, 2021
Virginia Medicaid Raises Behavioral Reimbursement Rates & Adds More Covered Services
On July 1, 2021, the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) raised Medicaid behavioral health reimbursement rates and began covering additional services. While information about specific amounts isn’t available, the new reimbursement rates are based on a year-long study analyzing the cost of providing those services, and do not reflect administrative time. The new services will be phased in during 2021.
As of July 1, 2021, new rates are in effect for mental health partial hospitalization program (MH‐PHP), mental health intensive outpatient (MH‐IOP) and assertive community treatment (ACT). The new rates include:
MH-PHP through . . .
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