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    Criminal Justice

    Systems and Models of Care

    J5 - Medicaid, Managed Care and Justice Populations

    Wednesday, May 7, 2025
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Location: 105AB

    Unrestricted Education Sponsor 
    This session will cover the roles of Medicaid and managed care in better serving justice-involved populations. Historically, state and local prison and jail health services were solely funded by state and local dollars and limited grants. Relatively recent federal agency actions and legislative changes now permit Medicaid reimbursement of limited services provided to individuals who are incarcerated. The Pew Charitable Trusts will describe the different funding mechanisms for coverage of substance use services in prisons and jails. This will be followed by a North Carolina-based managed care organization, Trillium, will present how they support reentry care management, sharing examples of evidence-based practices, case studies, and results of the program.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Identify individuals re-entering the community that are the most vulnerable or likely to experience negative outcomes, and identify effective methods to serve these individuals within existing evidence-based Care Management models.
    • Review evidence based practices and how these are successful with incarcerated individuals. Review key intercepts where individuals with SMI can be prevented from entering criminal justice system or exit early.
    • Describe/discuss real examples, case studies, and results of this program initiative as well as program success rate after 2 years of implementation.