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Community mental health agency asks Van Buren County to back state Medicaid funding fix
Summary
A representative of the local community mental health authority asked the Van Buren County commissioners to endorse a resolution urging Michigan officials to fully allocate appropriated Medicaid funds and ensure capitation rates reflect local costs; commissioners voted to forward a resolution for final approval on June 10.
Debbie Hess, representing Amherick County Community Mental Health, asked the Van Buren County Board of Commissioners on May 27 to endorse a resolution asking the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Legislature to fully allocate appropriated Medicaid funds and to ensure capitation rates are actuarially sound at regional and county levels.
Hess told the commissioners that the public behavioral health system has seen rising service demand since the COVID-19 public health emergency, while local capitation payments to community mental health agencies have not kept…
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