Whitepaper on Substance Use Disorder & Medicaid

During the 2022 West Virginia Regular Legislative Session the legislature passed, and the Governor signed into law, Senate Bill 419.   The legislation’s aim was to implement a pilot project whereby payment for the substance use disorder (SUD) residential treatment benefit in the Medicaid Program be performance-based.  Based on testimony and presentation of the legislation during committee meetings, the legislature generally desired a shift from traditional payment methods (paying for a certain length of stay in treatment) to payment for those services based on short-term and long-term results which were outlined in the legislation...Download the full report.