Georgia’s Peer Support Expansion into Whole Health Coaches

In June 2012, the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Solutions (CIHS) announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Georgia as the first state to have Medicaid-recognized whole health and wellness peer support provided by certified peer specialists (CPSs). Georgia’s newly approved Medicaid service will be delivered by peer support whole health and wellness coaches certified in Whole Health Action Management (WHAM), a training developed by CIHS that promotes outcomes of integrated health self-management and preventive resiliency . . .