Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities for Child Behavioral Health Services in North Carolina Medicaid
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Paul Lanier,
Roderick Rose,
Daniel Gibbs,
Jacob Hyman,
Neil Kamdar,
Joseph Konstanzer,
Kristen Hassmiller Lich
2024 Volume 85, Issue 3
Abstract
<jats:sec id="background"> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> Psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs) are non-hospital inpatient treatment settings for children with severe behavioral health disorders. PRTFs are a restrictive and costly form of care that can potentially be avoided with community-based behavioral health services. </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="methods"> <jats:title>Methods</jats:title> Statewide Medicaid enrollment and claims data for 2015–2022 were used to describe PRTF utilization in North Carolina. We examined annual episodes of care in PRTFs and compared trends before and during the COVID-19 public health emergency. </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="results"> <jats:title>Results</jats:title> From 2015 to 2022, 10,038 children insured by NC Medicaid entered a PRTF across 10,966 episodes of care. In the past five years (2018–2022), care in PRTFs resulted in Medicaid expenditures of over $550 million total, or over $100 million per year. In 2022, 42% of children who entered PRTFs were in foster care and 44% of children were placed in PRTFs outside of North Carolina. </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="limitations"> <jats:title>Limitations</jats:title> The analysis was limited to data collected for administrative purposes. </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="conclusions"> <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title> Current trends indicate an ongoing overrepresentation of children in foster care placed in PRTFs and increased out-of-state PRTF placements. Coordinated efforts in future research, policy, and practice are needed to determine the cause of these trends and identify solutions. </jats:sec>
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