SANTA FE – The federal agency that oversees Medicaid is now saying the number of New Mexicans receiving services increased, rather than declined, after last year’s shake-up in the behavioral health system.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told the state Human Services Department last week it wanted to clarify that a 23 percent drop in the number of people getting services – which CMS cited in a December letter to the state agency – “was reflective of one geographical part of the state, and was not indicative of services within the state as a whole.”

“Statewide, the data indicates a 16 percent increase in consumers served,” CMS said in a letter to the state agency dated April 3.

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