GenIC #64 (Revision) Medicaid Section 1115 Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Demonstrations: Federal Meta-Analysis Support

Attachment 3.d. MCO and Behavioral Health Provider Interview Email Invitation
To:

MCO or behavioral health provider leader

CC:

CMCS Project Officer, RTI SUD Team Lead

Subject:

RTI International Evaluation of Section 1115 Substance Use Disorder
Demonstrations

Dear [MCO/BH provider leader],
I am writing from RTI International regarding the meta-evaluation of the
Medicaid section 1115 substance use disorder (SUD) demonstrations that we are
undertaking on behalf of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
As part of the evaluation, we are conducting telephone interviews with
[MCO/behavioral health provider leadership] in states implementing SUD
demonstrations.
Interviews are intended to improve our understanding of the demonstration
implementation on key stakeholders in the SUD system. Interviews will cover
implementation of patient placement criteria, Medicaid billing and
reimbursement, care coordination, transitions in care, care integration, recovery
support services, and residential MAT.
Information from these conversations will help CMS understand the effectiveness
of these demonstrations in expanding access to substance use treatment in
Medicaid. Your participation is important to helping CMS support policy and
programmatic development and will complement our interviews with state
Medicaid directors as well as state-led monitoring and evaluation efforts.
The telephone interview will take no more than 60 minutes. Below we provide
some potential dates and times for the call. If none of these options work for you,
please provide some alternatives, and we will do our best to accommodate your
schedule. If there is another person at your organization who would be more
appropriate for this conversation, please provide us with their contact information.
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[RTI STAFF NAME]