Rehabilitative Services

The Division of Medicaid and Health Financing (DMHF) will submit a change to the Medicaid State Plan to recognize the capitation of outpatient substance abuse treatment services for Medicaid recipients.

To accomplish this purpose, DMHF will submit SPA 12-010-UT Rehabilitative Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services, which adds outpatient substance abuse treatment services to the Prepaid Mental Health Plan Waiver in all counties except for Box Elder County, Cache County, and Rich County.

DMHF does not anticipate any impact to total annual expenditures as a result of this amendment.

The proposed effective date of this change is July 1, 2012, and it is pending Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approval.

A copy of the change may be obtained from Craig Devashrayee (801-538-6641), or by writing the Technical Writing Unit, Utah Department of Health, P.O. Box 143102, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-3102. Comments are welcome at the same address. Copies of the change are also available at local county health department offices.

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