DoHS Receives CMS Approval for Five-Year Extension of WV Medicaid Behavioral Health Program

The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), Bureau for Medical Services (BMS) today announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved a five-year extension of the Evolving West Virginia Medicaid’s Behavioral Health Continuum of Care Section 1115 Demonstration.
The extension, effective January 1, 2025, will allow BMS to continue offering critical substance use disorder (SUD) services and implement innovative new initiatives to improve behavioral health outcomes across the state. Importantly,…