Bricolage Behavioral Health, a Joint Commission–accredited outpatient mental health and substance use treatment provider in Flower Mound, Texas, has announced that it is now accepting Medicaid as a form of payment for both its adolescent and adult treatment programs. The decision, which is effective immediately, expands access to the facility's partial hospitalization program (PHP) and intensive outpatient programs (IOP) for the thousands of Texas families who rely on Medicaid for healthcare coverage; a population that has historically faced significant barriers to structured, intermediate-level mental health care in the state.
This announcement reflects a commitment to access that has defined the Bricolage Behavioral Health mission since its founding; as stated by their website, "insurance should support [our] work, not stand in the way of it." Texas has an estimated 4.7 million Medicaid enrollees statewide – and for most of them, that coverage has rarely translated into real-world access to structured outpatient mental health care. Medicaid remains the largest payer of mental health services in the country, yet the programs it has historically covered in Texas have left a significant gap. One that Bricolage Behavioral Health intends to fill.
The PHP program runs Monday through Friday from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM with structured daily clinical support for teens and adults and no inpatient or residential stay required. The adult evening IOP meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 6:00 to 9:00 PM – bringing the same evidence-based and whole-group engagement models to working adults for whom daytime treatment has never been a realistic option. Both programs target the specific underlying causes of both mental health and substance use challenges rather than simply managing symptoms, an approach that research shows produces more long-lasting and meaningful outcomes than standard outpatient care does on its own.
The timing of this announcement intersects with a broader statewide conversation about the adequacy of behavioral health coverage for Medicaid enrollees. According to the Texas Hospital Association, "For behavioral health patients in Texas’ large and vulnerable Medicaid population, there are usually two types of care: round-the-clock inpatient stays and outpatient treatment. The continuum of care between those two options – a staple of physical care – is virtually nonexistent." The THA has identified coverage of PHP and IOP as a priority solution for closing that gap – programs that allow patients to receive structured behavioral health services during the day or evening and return home each night. Bricolage Behavioral Health's decision to accept Medicaid places it among a limited number of outpatient providers in the area offering this level of care to the state's Medicaid population.
This expansion of Medicaid acceptance at Bricolage Behavioral Health is arriving at a moment when the need for intermediate-level behavioral health care in Texas has never been more acute. Texas ranks in the lower quartile nationally for mental health funding, leaving a significant gap between need and access across the state. If more outpatient providers across North Texas followed this path of accepting Medicaid at the PHP and IOP level, the downstream effects could be significant. It could mean fewer psychiatric hospitalizations that are driven by unmet outpatient need and shorter timelines between symptom onset and getting into treatment. But most importantly, it would mean more people with access to structured clinical support before a crisis point.
About Bricolage Behavioral Health: Bricolage Behavioral Health is an outpatient mental health and substance addiction treatment provider in Flower Mound, Texas, that offers both Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) programming grounded in an evidence-based whole-group engagement model that builds real-world skills rather than managing symptoms alone. Bricolage is now in-network with most major commercial insurance plans and accepts Medicaid. To learn more or begin the admissions process, call us at 469-968-5700.
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Bricolage Behavioral Health
Bricolage Behavioral Health
469-968-5700
information@bricolagebehavioral.com
3204 Long Prairie Road
Suite A
Flower Mound, TX 75022