Forensic assertive community treatment (FACT) is an adaptation of Assertive Community
Treatment (ACT), a widely-studied evidence-based model for mental health services …

Importance Little is known about the risk of individuals who are released from correctional
facilities, a time when there may be discontinuity in care. Objective To study the risk for …

The United States now has the highest incarceration rate in the world. The majority of prison
and jail inmates come from predominantly nonwhite and medically underserved …

Policy Points: The steady increase in incarceration is related to the quality and functioning of
the health care system. US states that incarcerate a larger number of people show declines …

Spillovers from the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion to other social-sector outcomes
have received little attention. One that may be especially salient for public policy is the …

Despite no federal law mandating Medicaid termination for prisoners, 90 percent of states
have implemented policies that withdraw inmates' enrollment upon incarceration. This …

Objective: This study sought to determine whether having Medicaid bene-fits and receiving
behavioral health services are associated with a reduction in recidivism for jail detainees …

Objective: The authors examined the frequency and severity of arrests of persons served by
Medicaid as well as public mental health treatment patterns before and after arrest. Methods …

About one in six people expected to enroll in Medicaid under health reform expansions and
nearly one in ten expected to enroll in qualified health plans through the health insurance …

Objective: This study assessed the extent to which Medicaid enrollment increased access to
and use of services by persons with severe mental illness after their release from jail …