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Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Technical Assistance

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Payment-related support for states with CCBHC planning grants and decision-making support for the federal government
  • Client
    The Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, Financial Management Group
  • Dates
    2023 – Present

Problem

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) provide vital services for Medicaid enrollees, but the associated payment system is complex.

Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) are health care facilities that offer a wide array of services to address both mental health and substance abuse issues. In doing so, CCBHCs ensure access to coordinated and comprehensive behavioral health care for Medicaid beneficiaries.

CCBHC demonstration states are supported by SAMHSA-administered CCBHC expansion grants and paid by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services. The federal government required a contractor who could provide them with decision-making support to work through the complexities of the payment methodology and provide support to new planning grant states.

Solution

NORC’s technical assistance team provides payment-related decision-making support to the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services and guidance to CCBHC planning grant states. 

NORC has hosted a series of webinars for CCBHC planning grant states on topics such as selecting and developing a prospective payment system (PPS) rate, special populations, PPS in managed care, demonstration claiming, special crisis services, designated collaborating organizations, cost reporting, quality bonus payments, sustainability and other topics. We also support the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services by developing tools and programmatic guidance.

Result

NORC’s revised cost report and updated programmatic guidance are now available on the CMS webpage

The NORC team successfully supported a cohort of states through the planning stage and demonstration application and looks forward to supporting the next cohort beginning in fall 2024.

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Project Leads

"CCBHCs are an important innovation to ensure the availability of comprehensive behavioral health care to state Medicaid enrollees."

Project Director

"CCBHCs are an important innovation to ensure the availability of comprehensive behavioral health care to state Medicaid enrollees."

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