California chosen by CMS as one of the 12 States For Emergency Psychiatric Care Demonstration
On March 13, 2012, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Innovation launched the Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration (MEPD) project in 12 states—Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Washington, and West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The three-year MEPD will enable Medicaid to pay for […]