Medicaid Demonstration Aims to Reduce “Psychiatric Boarding”

Stephen Barlas;

Medicaid Demonstration Aims to Reduce “Psychiatric Boarding”

November 17, 2011

By Stephen Barlas

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Psychiatric TimesPsychiatric Times Vol 28 No 11

Volume 28

Issue 11

A new Medicaid demonstration program slated to begin next year will pilot a solution to the problem of “psychiatric boarding,” which has plagued general hospitals for many years.

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