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Lifeways reports steady demand, raises alarm over new PIHP procurement
Summary
Lifeways told Jackson County commissioners it is meeting and exceeding internal encounter targets but is preparing for uncertainty from a newly released PIHP procurement and possible Medicaid eligibility changes.
Cassie Watson, executive director of clinical services at Lifeways, told the Jackson County Board of Commissioners that Lifeways averaged about 5,520 certified community behavioral health clinic encounters per month, above an internal target of 5,100.
Watson said Lifeways is developing an assertive community treatment team to serve people with high needs and high public-system costs and is working with residential providers to review high residential-service rates with a goal of cost containment through collaborative, not prescriptive, changes.
Why it matters: Lifeways is a community mental health services provider whose Medicaid and public-pay…
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