Medicaid: HHS’s preliminary analyses offer incomplete picture of behavioral health demonstration’s effectiveness : report to Congressional requesters
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Government Accountability Office. issuing body. United States. Congress. issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, May 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Behavioral Medicine -- economics Community Mental Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence Government Regulation Medicaid -- economics Medicare -- economics United States United States. Department of Health and Human Services
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Why GAO did this study. Behavioral health conditions—mental health issues and substance use disorders—affect millions of people. HHS estimates that 61 million adults had at least one behavioral health condition in 2019—41 million of whom did not receive any related treatment in the prior year. Many individuals with behavioral health conditions rely on community mental health centers for treatment, but the scope and quality of these services vary. To improve community-based behavioral health services, PAMA created the CCBHC demonstration and provided HHS with $25 million to support its implementation. PAMA directed HHS to assess the demonstration and to provide recommendations for its continuation, modification, or termination. To date, HHS has issued three annual reports assessing the initial demonstration period, which ran from 2017 to 2019. HHS plans to issue a fourth annual report and a final report by December 2021. This report describes HHS’s assessment of the demonstration regarding access, costs, and quality. Under the CARES Act, GAO is to issue another report on states’ experiences by September 2021. GAO reviewed federal laws and regulations; HHS guidance; and HHS’s assessments of the demonstration, including three issued reports, interim reports, and the analysis plan for future reports. GAO also interviewed HHS officials and officials from organizations familiar with community health clinics. HHS provided technical comments, which GAO incorporated as appropriate.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (ii, 21 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918317484006676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918317484006676