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Provider News
CST/IIH/Day Treatment Transition Plans
As you are aware, the current State Plan Amendment will allow only Critical Access Behavioral Health Agencies (CABHA) to provide Community Support Team, Intensive In-Home, and Day Treatment services effective July 1st. Although an extension has been requested from CMS, the state has not yet heard whether it will be granted.
If the extension is not granted, it will be crucial that consumers of these three services are successfully transitioned to CABHA certified agencies. Therefore, we are asking that agencies currently providing these services begin immediately planning for this possibility. We understand that you have a relationship with these consumers and do not wish to unnecessarily disrupt their treatment based on an event that may or may not happen. However, just as you plan for continuity of services in the event of a disaster, proactive and thoughtful planning will help mitigate the impact on your consumers and facilitate a smooth transition if necessary.
Similarly, we understand that some providers, even if CABHA certified, may cease providing CST on July 1st because of recent service definition and rate changes. If your agency has made such a decision, you will, of course, need transition plans for those consumers as well.
As a first step in this planning process, we are asking that providers of CST, IIH and Day Treatment give us aggregate information related to your current OPC caseload and a plan for how you will transition those consumers prior to July 1st if required. We are not asking for individual consumer transition plans at this point, although we may do so in the future. We simply want providers to begin thinking about how your agency will manage these potential, significant changes to our service system.
Please return this form to your provider representative by June 9th. (Also available in .pdf)
Accreditation Timeframes
What is a Critical Access Behavioral Health Care Agency and more in this issue of The Quality Times.
"As a result of budget reductions, the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services has looked for methods to improve service delivery within the environment of more limited public funding for services..." (Read More)
Operations Manual 2010
The Orange Person Chatham Area Authority/LME Operations Manual for 2010.
This manual is designed to try and bring a sense of true partnership to the MH/DD/SA
service and support contracting process. (Click here)
OPC Consumer Resource Guide
This guide contains information about OPC and your rights as a consumer
of mental health, developmental disabilities or substance abuse
services. There is also information about dealing with emergencies and
groups in the community that can offer you help and advice. (Click here)
Quality Times Newsletters
The past 12 Months of Quality Times Newsletters.
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