Humana Medicaid Cuts to Peer Support Services
Joint Statement from Lane13 Consulting & The ARCHway Institute’s National Peer Recovery Alliance (NPRA)
Effective July 5, 2025, Humana is implementing significant cuts to Medicaid-funded behavioral health services in Kentucky—directly impacting individuals in recovery and the peer support workforce that serves them.
Key Change:
Peer Support Services (H0038) will be limited to 52 hours (208 units) per member (per provider group/TAX ID) annually. This is down from 200 hours (800 units) per member (per provider group/TAX ID) annually.
This drastic reduction severely limits access to peer support across Kentucky, undermining one of the most effective tools in the recovery journey.
Why This Matters
Peer support isn’t a luxury – it’s essential. These services are a proven lifeline for individuals facing mental health and substance use challenges. Gutting access puts recovery at risk for thousands of Kentuckians and destabilizes the workforce trained to help them thrive.
This information was shared via an official provider communication sent across the state. We strongly urge advocates, providers, and peers to mobilize now.
Recovery deserves better.
Read the full policy update here
From Alaina Sweasy, CEO of Lane13 Consulting:
“Lane13 has been working to strengthen and stabilize Kentucky’s peer support workforce. We’ve pushed for policies that bring structure to the system and tried to educate decision makers on what peer support actually is and why it matters.
These new cuts from Humana are a major step in the wrong direction. Peer support is not a luxury or an extra – it is a necessary part of the recovery process that works alongside clinical care. Cutting it like this puts people’s lives and long-term outcomes at serious risk. We will keep pushing for a system that values peer support for what it is: essential.”
From Matt Brown, CEO of the National Peer Recovery Alliance (NPRA) – a division of The ARCHway Institute
“Peer support is one of the most cost-effective, outcome-driven services in the entire behavioral health system – and it’s being slashed without real stakeholder input.
Limiting this service not only harms individuals in recovery but also disrupts a workforce made up of people who have turned their own lived experience into purpose. It sends a message that recovery doesn’t matter. We cannot and will not accept that. NPRA stands with every peer, provider, and person impacted by this decision. This fight is far from over.”