Comment on CMS-2026-1916-0001
National Association for Behavioral HealthcareOpposeAdvocacy
Summary: The National Association for Behavioral Healthcare (NABH) opposes the proposed rule because it extends state directed payment (SDP) limits to behavioral healthcare settings, which they argue exceeds Congressional intent and will harm access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment. They urge CMS to limit these caps to the specific services identified in the Working Families Tax Cut legislation and to maintain state flexibility in payment structures.
On the behalf of the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare (NABH), thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on the Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments (CMS-2449-P) proposed rule.