Mental health is an essential part of overall health and wellbeing, and Louisiana Medicaid recipients have access to a range of services to support their mental health. From residential psychiatric treatment centers for children and adolescents to therapeutic group homes, there are many options available. Care Health Plan provides mental health services and services for substance use disorders through general practitioners, behavioral health specialists from Carelon Behavioral Health, the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Mental health services may include treatments for anxiety, depression, or behavioral health problems.
Your doctor can provide you with some outpatient mental health services. Preventive services for substance use disorders are also available through Care Health Plan. This includes applied behavioral analysis and similar evidence-based treatments for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for people under 21 years old. Services should develop, improve or re-establish, as far as possible, the daily functioning of a member with ASD.
Carelon Behavioral Health offers behavioral health services, such as psychotherapy and medication management, to members of L. A. Care. There are some specialized mental health services provided to Medi-Cal members through the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH).
You can get services from Carelon Behavioral Health or LACDMH with or without a referral from your doctor. Behavioral health not only includes ways to promote well-being by preventing or intervening in mental illnesses, such as depression or anxiety, but it also aims to prevent or intervene in the case of substance abuse or other addictions. For additional information, see the Louisiana Behavioral Health Provider Handbook, which LDH maintains and is available online. Magellan of Louisiana was hired to manage the Coordinated System of Care, an initiative of the four state agencies that serve children (the Louisiana Department of Health, the Department of Children and Family Services, the Office of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Education) to provide youth-led, family-driven intensive care management services to a small group of children who have complex needs and are at risk of being in homes away from home.
Behavioral health guidelines are evidence-based treatment options for common behavioral health conditions. LDH OBH provides standardized basic training modules for unlicensed providers and direct care staff as an introduction to the key concepts they should be familiar with and the skills they must demonstrate before providing specialized behavioral health services to Medicaid beneficiaries in Louisiana. Mental health is an important part of overall wellbeing and Louisiana Medicaid recipients have access to a variety of services that can help them maintain their mental health. These mental health services may include treatments for anxiety, depression, or other behavioral health issues.
These services should help develop, improve or re-establish daily functioning in members with ASD as much as possible. Carelon Behavioral Health provides behavioral health services such as psychotherapy and medication management to members of L. Care while specialized mental health services are provided to Medi-Cal members through the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH). You can get these services from either Carelon Behavioral Health or LACDMH with or without a referral from your doctor.
Behavioral health not only includes ways to promote well-being by preventing or intervening in mental illnesses such as depression or anxiety but it also aims to prevent or intervene in cases of substance abuse or other addictions. For more information on this topic please refer to the Louisiana Behavioral Health Provider Handbook which is maintained by LDH and is available online. Magellan of Louisiana was hired to manage the Coordinated System of Care which is an initiative by four state agencies that serve children (the Louisiana Department of Health, the Department of Children and Family Services, the Office of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Education). This initiative provides youth-led family-driven intensive care management services to a small group of children who have complex needs and are at risk of being in homes away from home.
Additionally LDH OBH provides standardized basic training modules for unlicensed providers and direct care staff as an introduction to key concepts they should be familiar with as well as skills they must demonstrate before providing specialized behavioral health services to Medicaid beneficiaries in Louisiana.
