Medicaid Mental Health Service Utilization by New York County

County-level reports detail mental health service utilization funded by New York Medicaid, updated yearly from 2014 onward. Data includes service counts and expenditures for both Fee for Service and Medicaid Managed Care plans. The dataset is published by data.ny.gov.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in mental health service utilization by comparing Units Total and Paid Claim Total across Service Years.
• Assess regional disparities in service access by grouping Count of Recipients by Rate Code Group and County within OMH Region Label.
• Profile service use by demographic groups using Age Group alongside Medicaid Enrollee Count by County.
• Compare expenditure patterns between Fee for Service and Managed Care plans using Paid Claim Total aggregated by Rate Code Group.

Strengths

• Yearly updates provide longitudinal data starting from 2014.
• Data is disaggregated by residential county and OMH region for granular analysis.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data freshness is uncertain as the last documented update was in March 2020.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Summary reports from Medicaid claims data.

Time Range

Beginning 2014

Freshness

Updated yearly; last known update March 2020.

Geography

New York State, reported by county and OMH region.