New Jersey Medicaid Mental Health Fee for Service Transition Update

On August 12, 2016, the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) released this newsletter for provider organizations. The DMHAS updated the timeline for transitioning New Jersey Medicaid mental health and services from grant funding to fee-for-service rates. In addition to the timeline, the newsletter reports changes to specific programs: PACT and ICMS Hospital In-Reach programs for incarcerated offenders with mental health disorders, bed hold reimbursement for supervised residential programs. It also reports the DMHAS transition of contracts for children's outpatient services to the New Jersey Department of Children and Families’ Children’s . . .