The Justice System’s New Role in Behavioral Health Compliance

Behavioral health providers can prepare for rising Medicaid scrutiny with stronger data, payer diversity, technology, and staff retention.
The post The Justice System’s New Role in Behavioral Health Compliance appeared first on Behavioral Health News. The relationship between behavioral health and the justice system has traditionally been characterized by courtroom interaction, diversion programs, and people moving through a system built to process them. Today, that relationship is changing rapidly as the justice system ramps up oversight of fraud, and many providers are ill-prepared for what that means operationally. Ohio is a clear example. After investigators uncovered more than $42 million in behavioral health Medicaid fraud, the state pursued the individuals responsible through federal indictments and asset seizures, and stood up a formal federal-state partnership linking… — Read More