The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services has announced that the 19 certified community behavioral health clinics participating in a federal Medicaid Demonstration Program are now offering mental health care and substance use treatment services under a new model.
The model significantly increases access to behavioral health care, including crisis care, for individuals who may otherwise experience challenges accessing the services they need, according to news release from the State of Illinois.
“Thanks to the close collaboration with the participating providers and our sister agency, the Illinois Department of Human Services, enhanced behavioral health services are now available to individuals at 19 locations across Illinois,” Illinois Health care and Family Services Director Elizabeth Whitehorn said in the release. “Access to high-quality behavioral health services is critical, and this program will help us to serve individuals who are in crisis and have previously struggled to access the services they need to be well.”
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Clinics in Illinois are:
Trilogy Inc., ChicagoLutheran Social Services of Illinois, ChicagoHuman Resources Development Institute, ChicagoThresholds, ChicagoThresholds, WoodstockRosecrance Incorporated, ChampaignRosecrance Incorporated, RockfordHeritage Behavioral Health Center, DecaturPreferred Family Healthcare, Inc., QuincyTransitions of Western Illinois, Inc., QuincyCenterstone of Illinois, Inc., AltonChestnut Health Systems, Inc., Granite CityChestnut Health Systems, Inc., BellevilleEcker Center for Behavioral Health, ElginLink & Option Center, Inc., South HollandBridgeway, Inc., GalesburgRobert Young Center, MolineRobert Young Center, Rock IslandSinnissippi Centers, Inc., Dixon
Illinois was selected as one of ten states to participate in the federal Medicaid Demonstration Program earlier this year. The program provides reimbursement through Medicaid for the full cost of services that CCBHCs provide and at higher rates than community mental health centers previously received for Medicaid customers.
The participating clinics’ services must meet federal standards, and they must serve anyone who requests care for their mental health or substance use condition, regardless of age, ability to pay, or location.
In addition to Illinois, Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont were chosen to take part in the four-year program. Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, and Oregon are already part of the program.