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As you may be aware, for many years the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) has been operating 13 alcoholism rehabilitation programs for persons suffering from alcoholism. For purposes of Medical Assistance these programs have been viewed as units of state psychiatric hospitals of the Office of Mental Health for individuals under 21 and 65 and over. A recent federal audit has concluded that, since the programs have been separately accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and are administratively responsible to a different state agency, they are no longer eligible to be included in the Medicaid program as units of the psychiatric hospitals.
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