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Panel hears bill to add collaborative-care mental-health benefit to Medicaid
Summary
Senate File 8 would make the collaborative-care model a reimbursable Medicaid benefit in Minnesota, proponents said the model is evidence-based, reduces total cost of care and improves access in primary care settings; the committee adopted an author's amendment and laid the bill over for further work and fiscal review.
Senator Bolden presented Senate File 8 to establish collaborative care as a reimbursable Medicaid service and to provide start-up grants and training funds to clinics adopting the model.
The collaborative-care model embeds behavioral health care managers and psychiatric consultation within primary care to treat common mental health conditions in an integrated team. Proponents said the model is broadly evidence-based and cost-effective. Frank Jadwin, a clinical social worker with Hennepin Healthcare’s…
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