PROVIDERS MAY BE REIMBURSED FOR PROVIDING
NO COST GAMBLING TREATMENT SERVICES
The Maryland Department of Health, Behavioral Health Administration, in collaboration with Optum Maryland, will reimburse providers and private practitioners for providing gambling treatment services to Maryland residents at no cost to individuals and families seeking help.
This effort is to support and enhance the availability of counseling services, such as individual and group treatment, throughout the State to those impacted by the harms related to gambling and gambling disorder. Providers and private practitioners offering no cost treatment are listed on the Maryland Problem Gambling Provider Referral Directory which is found on the Center’s websites and utilized by the Helpline 1-800-GAMBLER to connect persons to care.
Through the State’s designated Administrative Services Office (ASO) Optum Maryland, providers and private practitioners can offer gambling treatment services at no cost to Maryland residents with applicable coding and receive reimbursement directly through Medicaid or through the Problem Gambling Fund.
Current Medicaid Providers & Private Practitioners
If you are a provider or private practitioner that is currently enrolled with Medicaid through Optum Maryland, you are eligible to provide gambling treatment services at no cost to Maryland residents with applicable coding and receive reimbursement directly through Medicaid or through the Problem Gambling Fund.
Please access the Online Provider Referral Directory Application below to add your agency or practice to the Maryland Problem Gambling Provider Referral Directory.
Non-Medicaid Providers & Private Practitioners
If you are a provider or private practitioner that is not currently enrolled Medicaid through Optum Maryland, you can apply online to begin offering gambling treatment services at no cost to Maryland residents and receive reimbursement directly through Medicaid or through the Problem Gambling Fund.
The application will be reviewed by the Center and forwarded to Optum Maryland for inclusion in the reimbursement program.
MARYLAND PROBLEM GAMBLING
PROVIDER REFERRAL NETWORK
The Directory is used by the Maryland Helpline 1-800-GAMBLER and the Center’s Certified Peer Recovery Specialists as a referral source to persons seeking help for problems related to gambling. In addition, the Directory is posted on the Center’s websites: Find a Counselor.
Providers and private practitioners offering no cost treatment to those impacted by harms associated with gambling and gambling disorder can apply to be listed on the Maryland Problem Gambling Provider Referral Directory.
FOR ASSISTANCE
Please contact the Center’s Clinical Manager if you have any questions about this initiative or the Center’s resources:
Kristen Beall, LCSW-C, ICGC-I, CAC-AD
Clinical Manager
Office: (667) 214-2123
Email: krbeall@som.umaryland.edu
