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Community mental health centers present annual reports; centers cite Medicaid as primary payer and pilot CCBHC program
Summary
Four community mental health centers told the City-County Council committee they served tens of thousands of Marion County residents in 2024, with Medicaid/HIP covering most care. Presenters highlighted new clinic openings, a move of an opioid treatment program, crisis and mobile services, and participation in a state CCBHC pilot.
The Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee of the Indianapolis City-County Council heard annual reports from four community mental health centers on Wednesday evening, covering service volumes, payer mixes, outreach and new programs for 2024.
Dr. Ashley Overly, representing the Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center, told the committee that Eskenazi served 14,650 unique Marion County residents and that Medicaid and HIP comprised “over 70% of our payer source.” She said Eskenazi provided $3,600,000 in charity care, took part in 75 outreach events and was selected “as one of eight community mental health centers across the state to help pilot the state’s Medicaid program of the certified community behavioral health clinic, or CCBHC.” Overly also said Eskenazi relocated its opioid treatment program from downtown Meridian Street to the Twin Aire…
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