The National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, Inc. has released a report examining data on publicly funded substance abuse treatment.  The authors determined that in most states most publicly funded substance abuse treatment providers accept Medicaid.  However, the authors note that there are providers who will likely need to enroll in Medicaid during the implementation of the national health care reform law, and they suggest that states and SAMHSA share best practices in encouraging provider enrollment.

From the report:

In recent discussions about needed progress to implement health care reform, concern has been expressed that too few Substance Abuse (SA) providers are enrolled to receive Medicaid reimbursement. This concern has been shared by National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and State Associations of Addictions Services (SAAS), among others. The prevailing view was that too few SA clinics are enrolled in Medicaid. As a result SAMHSA asked the States a question about their encouragement of providers’ enrollment in Medicaid in the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) and Mental Health (MH) Block Grant Addendum (SAPT/MH).

Full report: Understanding the Baseline: Publicly Funded Substance Abuse Providers and Medicaid (PDF | 360.41 KB)

National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, Inc.  (2011).  Understanding the baseline: publicly funded substance abuse providers and Medicaid.