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Doña Ana County crisis triage center gets Medicaid number, reports 161 guests since February
Summary
County staff said the Crisis Triage Center, run with Summit Behavioral Health and open 24/7 in Las Cruces, received a Medicaid number that will allow reimbursement; the county is currently covering operations and Summit has applied for Joint Commission accreditation.
Doña Ana County officials reported at the March 11 Board of County Commissioners meeting that the county’s Crisis Triage Center (CTC), operated in partnership with Summit Behavioral Health in Las Cruces, has been assigned a Medicaid billing number and has served 161 guests since it opened in February.
The Medicaid number positions the CTC to seek reimbursement for eligible services, county staff said; at the time of the update the county was covering 100% of operating costs. Summit Behavioral Health has applied for Joint Commission accreditation, a national health-care accreditation program, to document standards of care related to involuntary admission procedures; county staff noted Joint Commission accreditation is not required for crisis triage centers in New Mexico.
The CTC, located at 1850 B Copper Loop in Las Cruces, is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, county materials said. Summit described the center as peer-led; staff-reported guest surveys showed a satisfaction score of 4.98 out of 5 on questions about respect, dignity and quality of care. County presenters said those data are year-to-date figures beginning with the center’s February opening.
Sandy Emmanuel, CEO of Summit Behavioral Health, presented the update to the commission, according to meeting materials. The presentation did not contain a proposed board action; the item was presented as an informational update and no formal vote on CTC operations was recorded in the meeting recap.
Separately, the county attorney updated the commission that a writ of mandamus filed by the county had been dismissed after Sheriff Kim Stewart filed the required statement with the clerk and the court, the county reported during the same meeting.
