BANGOR, Maine — For decades, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams have provided a critical safety net for Mainers struggling with severe mental health issues. The vital treatment services allow patients to stay in their communities and out of mental health facilities.

But nonprofit providers who run more than a half-dozen ACT teams in the state said low reimbursement rates for MaineCare, the state’s version of Medicaid, have put these critical mental health services in severe financial jeopardy.

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