Advocates raise concerns about Medicaid waiver program | JournalNow.com

Local advocates and providers raised concerns Wednesday about a coming Medicaid waiver program that would mean fewer restrictions on the operations of local agencies that manage behavioral-health services.

The primary goal of the waiver program is to combine the management of Medicaid and state funds at the community level to reduce costs and add more accountability and consistency to mental-health reform.

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