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Medicaid Enrollment Rates Among Individuals Arrested in the State of Florida Before and at the Time of Arrest

John Petrila, J.D., LL.M. [email protected], Diane Haynes, M.A., M.P.A. [email protected], Jing Guo, Ph.D. [email protected], William Fisher, Ph.D., Charles Dion, M.A. [email protected], and Nicolette Springer, M.S. [email protected]Authors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatric Services
Volume 62, Number 1
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0093
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Abstract

Objective:

This study examined Medicaid enrollment for all individuals arrested in Florida in fiscal year (FY) 2006.

Methods:

Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrest data were used to identify all individuals arrested in Florida in FY 2006. Arrest data were matched against Medicaid claims data to determine how many individuals had been enrolled in Medicaid in the 365 days before arrest, had used Medicaid-reimbursed behavioral health services during this period, and were enrolled in Medicaid at the time of arrest.

Results:

In FY 2006, a total of 689,046 individuals were arrested in Florida. A total of 65,097 (9.5%) of those were enrolled in Medicaid before arrest, and 37,662 (5.5%) were still enrolled at the time of arrest.

Conclusions:

Because of the importance of Medicaid enrollment for service access after release from jail, the loss of enrollment among a large number of individuals has important policy implications. (Psychiatric Services 62:93–96, 2011)

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Table 1 Demographic characteristics, Medicaid enrollment, and use of Medicaid-reimbursed behavioral health services among 689,046 individuals arrested in Florida in fiscal year 2006

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Psychiatric Services
Volume 62 • Number 1 • January 2011
Pages: 93 - 96
PubMed: 21209307

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Published online: 1 January 2011
Published in print: January 2011

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John Petrila, J.D., LL.M. [email protected]
All the authors except for Dr. Fisher are affiliated with the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce Downs Blvd., MHH 109, Tampa, FL 33612 (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Diane Haynes, M.A., M.P.A. [email protected]
All the authors except for Dr. Fisher are affiliated with the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce Downs Blvd., MHH 109, Tampa, FL 33612 (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Jing Guo, Ph.D. [email protected]
All the authors except for Dr. Fisher are affiliated with the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce Downs Blvd., MHH 109, Tampa, FL 33612 (e-mail: [email protected]).
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William Fisher, Ph.D.
Dr. Fisher is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts, Worcester.
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Charles Dion, M.A. [email protected]
All the authors except for Dr. Fisher are affiliated with the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce Downs Blvd., MHH 109, Tampa, FL 33612 (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Nicolette Springer, M.S. [email protected]
All the authors except for Dr. Fisher are affiliated with the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce Downs Blvd., MHH 109, Tampa, FL 33612 (e-mail: [email protected]).
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