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Nevada PEP says family peer support is now Medicaid-billable; launches certification and TA network
Summary
A Nevada PEP representative told the consortium that family peer support is now Medicaid-billable in Nevada and a state certification for family peer support providers and supervisors has been established; the group is launching a technical-assistance network to support certification and enrollment.
A Nevada PEP representative reported to the consortium that family peer support services are now Medicaid-billable in Nevada and that the state has created a certification pathway for family peer support providers and supervisors. "Family peer support is actually Medicaid billable," the speaker said, and described a newly launched family peer support network that will provide technical assistance to new providers seeking certification.
The presenter said the certification and Medicaid enrollment work has been years in the making; she described earlier efforts and funding challenges and said Nevada PEP submitted Medicaid applications just prior to the meeting. The network is intended to help providers navigate training, certification steps and Medicaid enrollment, and to support agencies that add family peer support to their services.
Why it matters: making family peer support Medicaid-billable creates a sustainable reimbursement mechanism that could expand access to peer-delivered family supports statewide. Consortium members praised the development and asked about training length and enrollment processes. The presenter described a core training broken into roughly 40 hours spread across sessions and noted a training the following week had higher-than-expected enrollment.
No formal policy vote was taken at the consortium on this item; the presenter and members discussed next steps for workforce expansion and TA.
