Michigan is working to streamline behavioral health care for Medicaid and Medicare patients with mental health or substance use disorders.
Megan Groen, Michigan’s Medicaid director, says the state received a $7.5 million grant to implement the changes over the next eight years.
“You know, Medicaid and Medicare populations experience a disproportionately high rate of mental health conditions, substance use disorder or both, and as a result, they’re more likely to experience more health outcomes, such as frequent visits to the emergency department, hospitalization,” she said…