Case Management Services

These are services you get in the community. They help you stay in the community. They include service planning, outreach, referral and coordination of services. Routine case management is part of the services provided by your mental health outpatient Care Coordinator.

Emergency Care

Emergency care is the treatment of a mental health condition that is life threatening. It is life threatening to the person who is having the crisis. Or, another person may think it is life threatening to you.

Inpatient
Hospital

Inpatient services are those mental health services that need to be given in a hospital. Your plan benefit allows up to 45 inpatient hospital days per year. However, youth under age 21 may qualify for more hospital days if medically necessary. This is through the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Program (EPSDT),

Medication Management

This is when a doctor, or other licensed prescriber, prescribes and monitors your psychiatric medications.

Outpatient Treatment

These are services you get in an office or other place in the community. Services include individual, brief, family and group therapy. Your Medicaid plan benefit allows up to 35 individual or brief sessions per year. Through the EPSDT, youth under age 21 may qualify for more outpatient treatment visits if medically necessary.

Psychosocial Rehabilitation

Psychosocial rehabilitation programs help people with serious mental illness. They teach people the skills they need to live in the community.

Residential Treatment

A residential treatment program is a 24-hour living situation. It provides care when a person does not need to be in the hospital, but still needs help and structure 24-hours a day. Residential treatment can be for adults or children.

School-Based
Services

School-based services are for children and youth with special mental health care needs. They are provided in the school setting. Services may include smaller classrooms, specially trained staff, counseling and other services to help the child succeed.