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Approval to implement the Missouri Substance Use Disorder and Serious Mental Illness 1115(a) Demonstration Waiver was received on December 6, 2023. Through this demonstration, the state will expand access to a full continuum of services across American Society of Addiction (ASAM) levels of care statewide for opioid use disorder (OUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD), as well as support access to a full continuum of mental health treatment services, by allowing Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for inpatient psychiatric services provided to eligible adults with SUD ages 12-64 within an IMD. Approval of the SUD program will allow the state to add Medicaid reimbursement for residential SUD services for individuals who meet medical necessity criteria, including residential SUD services in facilities that qualify as an institution for mental disease (IMD). In addition, approval of the serious mental illness (SMI) program will allow the state to add reimbursement for acute inpatient stays in an IMD.

 Public Notice

2024

04.29.2024 - SUD & SMI 1115 Demonstration Waiver Post-Award Forum Public Notice

2022

06.10.2022 - Public Notice regarding the 1115 waiver demonstration application seeking authority to reimburse for medically necessary residential substance use disorder (SUD) services furnished in facilities that qualify as an institution for mental disease (IMD)
06.10.2022 - Public Notice regarding the 1115 waiver demonstration application seeking authority to reimburse for medically necessary residential substance use disorder (SUD) services furnished in facilities that qualify as an institution for mental disease (IMD)
06.22.2022 - Public Notice regarding reimbursement for acute inpatient stays institutions for mental disease (IMD) for Medicaid enrollees ages 21-64 diagnosed with a serious mental illness (SMI).

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Date Volume Number Subject Type Program
03/20/2020 COVID-19: Registered Behavior Technician Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/20/2020 COVID-19: Additional Albuterol Inhalers as Preferred Products Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/19/2020 COVID-19: E-Prescribing Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/18/2020 42-31 Suspension of Coverage for Incarcerated Individuals Bulletins All MO HealthNet Providers
03/18/2020 COVID-19: New email address for Providers Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/18/2020 Expedited Enrollment Processing Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/17/2020 COVID-19: Telehealth for Behavioral Health Providers (Including Counseling/Psychology and ABA) Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/17/2020 42-32 Private Duty Nursing Services COVID-19 Changes Bulletins All MO HealthNet Providers
03/17/2020 COVID-19: Radiology Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/16/2020 COVID-19: Provider Information (Physicians, Medical Clinics, FQHC’s, RHC’s) - Corrected Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/16/2020 COVID-19: Adult Exceptions and DME Supplies Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/16/2020 COVID-19: Laboratory Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/09/2020 COVID-19: COVID-19 Bulletins All MO HealthNet Providers
01/27/2020 42-25 2020 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding Bulletins All MO HealthNet Providers
01/03/2020 Provider Resources for Bereavement Training Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers