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2024.69 - Provider Bulletin - Pediatric Inpatient Psychiatric Services
Connecticut Medicaid (HUSKY Health)·CT · Psychiatry·Provider Bulletin
Effective date
Jan 1, 2025
We identified it
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
Connecticut Medicaid is implementing two voluntary value-based payment programs for pediatric inpatient psychiatric services, offering rate add-ons for hospitals that increase bed capacity and meet quality requirements. This creates new reimbursement opportunities for qualifying hospitals providing psychiatric care to children under 18.
Action Required
By January 1, 2025: Hospitals providing pediatric inpatient psychiatric services in Connecticut should review eligibility criteria and consider submitting written requests to DSS or its behavioral health ASO to participate in the voluntary rate add-on programs. Billing teams must ensure proper documentation of post-discharge follow-up calls within 7 days and participate in daily bed tracking processes if participating in the program.