CMS Report To Congress On The Evaluation Of The Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration

In December 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a legislatively mandated report to Congress on the initial steps taken to implement the Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration (MEPD) and early evaluation results. The MEPD provides Medicaid reimbursements to private psychiatric institutions, which are referred to in Medicaid as "institutions for mental disease" (IMDs), that treat beneficiaries ages 21 to 64 with psychiatric emergency medical conditions (EMCs). The report includes preliminary information provided by participating states and IMDs, including (1) a review of state demonstration applications, operational plans, and quarterly reports, (2) information obtained through initial conversations with . . .