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CAHOOTS emergency medical technician Summer Johnson, left, and crisis worker Amy May stop by Monroe Park in Eugene at the end of their 12-hour shift. The Eugene-based mobile crisis intervention program of White Bird Clinic has become a nationwide model as cities search for ways to handle calls for service without involving the police.
Oregon the First State To Earn Federal Approval for Medicaid Reimbursement of Mobile Crisis Intervention Services Senator: Today’s announcement marks a major milestone for Oregon and the entire country on the groundbreaking path pioneered by Eugene’s CAHOOTS program to address mental health crisis with trained responders instead of law enforcement.
Washington, D.C. | September 2022 | Press Release U .S. Senator Ron Wyden today announced that Oregon is the first state to earn federal approval for Medicaid reimbursement of community- based mobile crisis intervention services that help people struggling with mental health and substance use disorders.
The approval by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of Oregon’s Medicaid state plan amendment to provide qualifying mobile crisis intervention services is the first since the American Rescue Plan became law last year.
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The Business Review | September 2022
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