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Grants and Contracts Details
Description
Provide the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Medicaid Services
with technical assistance and analysis on the complex policy and operational issues for the
expansion of services to Medicaid recipients with behavioral health needs. Technical expertise
on State and Federal regulations and legislation related to behavioral health and substance abuse
policy will be used to support decision-making by community Medicaid providers and CHFS
leadership. The project will also design and conduct analysis of ongoing compliance related to
the State Plan Amendments and regulatory requirements. The project will include the design and
implementation of a study focused on the efficacy of the utilization of long acting anti-psychotic
medications and their impact on the negative symptoms of behavioral health. The hypothesis for
this project aim explores the impact of long acting anti-psychotic medications, and will test if long
acting anti-psychotic medications improve health outcomes in psychosis with negative symptoms.
UKIPOP shall conduct research in the following areas: 1) Analyze complex regulatory and
legislative requirements related to behavioral health and substance abuse, 2) Design report briefs
on the analysis of the regulatory and legislative requirements related to behavioral health and
substance abuse so that DMS can remain compliant with all applicable laws, rules and regulations
or its business management, 3) Employ standard research methodology to design, develop work
plan and data collection methods and tools, perform data verification and validation, and
disseminate research results from the research study specific to the efficacy of the initial utilization
of long acting anti-psychotic medications and their impact on the negative symptoms of mental
illness.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 7/1/16 → 6/30/18 |
Funding
- KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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Behavioral Health Initiative and Program Evaluation (C301-0)
Talbert, J. (PI)
KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services
7/1/16 → 6/30/18
Project: Research project