News Report | August 12, 2018
Arkansas Medicaid Launches New Three-Tier Outpatient Behavioral Health Benefits
On July 1, 2018, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) launched a new three-tier Medicaid outpatient behavioral health services (OBHS) program. The program replaces the Rehabilitative Services for Persons with Mental Illness program, the Licensed Mental Health Practitioner (LMHP) program, and the Substance Abuse Treatment Services (SATS) program. The program does not change how payment will be made. It expands the eligible types of clinical professionals who can deliver services.
The new program features three service tiers: counseling level, rehabilitative level, and intensive level.
- Counseling services (individual and group) and crisis services can be provided to . . .