The role of critical access behavioral health agencies in a reformed behavioral health system.
This commentary discusses the role that Critical Access Behavioral Health Agencies (CABHAs) currently play in meeting the behavioral health needs of people in North Carolina, the opportunities and challenges that CABHAs will confront under the state's section 1915(b)/(c) Medicaid waiver, and the future of CABHAs under the Affordable Care Act.
Monarch, Albemarle, North Carolina, USA. peggy.terhune@monarchnc.org
Peggy S
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Terhune
D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009657:North Carolina; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D014481:United States