Policy Points Community mental health facilities often do not offer the full range of evidence‐
based clinical and support services for individuals with serious mental illness. Facilities were …

Objective: This study examined how state decisions not to expand Medicaid have affected
behavioral health services utilization in health centers. Because health center revenues are …

State Medicaid programs are prohibited from using federal dollars to pay institutions for
mental diseases (IMDs)—freestanding psychiatric facilities with more than 16 beds …

Importance Medicaid is the largest payer of mental health (MH) care in the United States,
and this role will increase among states that opt into the Medicaid expansion. However …

Despite Medicaid's importance as a payer and source of coverage for mental health care,
relatively little is known about how prevalence, access, and quality might vary among …

Importance With the future of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid program unclear, it is
critical to examine the geographic availability of specialty mental health treatment resources …

Objective: Provider networks for mental health are narrower than for other medical
specialties. Providers' influence on access to care is potentially greater in Medicaid because …

An extensive literature documents geographic variations in patterns of health services use
and spending but virtually ignores mental health services. The authors assessed geographic …

Objectives: This study sought to examine psychiatrists' perceptions of gaps in the availability
of mental health and substance use services and their ability to spend sufficient time and …

Abstract Community Health Centers (CHCs) target medically underserved communities and
expanded by 70% in the last decade. We know little, however, about mental health services …