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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).

MO HealthNet News

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Date Volume Number Subject Type Program
03/29/2024 Provider Training Schedule Posted, April – June 2024 Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/29/2024 An Easier Way to Manage Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Rides Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/15/2024 New MO Tobacco Quit Services Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/08/2024 Maternal Health Access Project Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
03/01/2024 46-46 Change Healthcare Bulletins All MO HealthNet Providers
02/26/2024 Optimizing Missouri’s Managed Care Plan Benefits for Maternal and Infant Health Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
02/20/2024 46-43 2024 HCPCs Bulletins All MO HealthNet Providers
02/01/2024 Telemedicine Billing Resource Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
01/30/2024 Master Plan on Aging – Upcoming Town Halls Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
01/25/2024 General Provider Resource Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
01/25/2024 46-39 Provider 1099 Forms Bulletins All MO HealthNet Providers
12/28/2023 Prior Authorization for Your Patient’s Medications Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
12/20/2023 New Missouri Tobacco Quitline Services in 2024 Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
12/20/2023 MO HealthNet making the following changes to the Preferred Drug Listing for Insulin Agents Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers
11/20/2023 Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) Audit Hot Tips All MO HealthNet Providers