State policy and practice regarding substance abuse treatment services for medicaid recipients with disabilities.
This article presents the results of an exploratory study conducted to identify best practice Medicaid managed care models for people with disabilities who need substance abuse treatment services. These results suggest that there is wide variation in the managed care strategies that states use to provide substance abuse treatment services to the SSI disabled population, that state policymakers are often focused on general program management issues rather than addressing specific issues related to providing substance abuse treatment services to people with disabilities, and that although managed care theoretically offers opportunities for creativity,this practice does not appear to be widespread under current Medicaid managed care arrangements for people with disabilities.
Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. sbachman@bu.edu
Sara S
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Bachman
Mari-Lynn
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Drainoni
Carol
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Tobias
D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011640:Public Policy; D013219:State Government; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States; D014482:United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration