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2017 BH Information Notices

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No. Issued Subject Date
17-069

Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) Training Resource Toolkit

 12/21/2017
17-067 Certifying Organization Loss of Accreditation: California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators (CAADE) 12/04/2017
17-066

Supersedes IN 15-041. Short-Doyle Medi-Cal Claim Adjustment Reason Code and Remittance Advice Remark Code Revisions for 2017

 12/7/2017
17-065 Certified Expenditure Protocol Supplemental Reimbursement Claiming Process 12/6/2017
17-064 Termination of the California Outcomes Measurement Service for Prevention 11/28/2017
17-063

2018 International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) Included Code Sets and System Edit For Short Doyle Medi-Cal II Billing

 12/11/2017
17-062 Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan Non-Medical Transportation Policy 12/11/2017
17-060 Superseded by IN 19-018. Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Provider Selection Appeals Process 11/28/2017
17-059 Mental Health Services Act: Implementation of Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5892.1. 12/28/2017
17-058

Carrier and Provider Recoveries and Other Health Coverage Codes

10/31/2017
17-057 Regional Average Rates For Non-Contract Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitals For Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18 10/27/2017
17-056 Substance Use Disorder Counselors Mandated to Report Elder Dependent Adult Abuse

10/16/2017
17-055 Removal of the Lockout for Intensive Care Coordination and Intensive Care Coordination and Intensive Home Based Services for Children and Youth in Group Homes or Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs 10/16/2017
17-054 Rewrite of the Data Collection and Reporting System  10/13/2017
17-053 Mental Health Consumer Perception Survey Data Collection – November 13-17, 2017 10/12/2017
17-052

Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) – Specialty Mental Health Services Performance Outcomes System Functional Assessment Tools for Children and Youth

 11/14/2017
17-051

2016 New Mental Health Medi-Cal Administrative Activities Implementation Plan Guidance

 10/3/2017
17-050

Supersedes IN 16-045.

Annual Review Protocol for Specialty Mental Health Services and Other Funded Services for FY 2017/2018

 9/29/2017
17-049

Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Revenue and Expenditure Report for Fiscal Year 2016-17

10/12/2017
17-048

Superseded by IN 19-009.

Naloxone In Licensed Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Residential Treatment Programs and Certified AOD Outpatient Programs

 9/29/2017
17-047

Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Coverage Gaps in Drug Medi-Cal and Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Waiver Substance Use Disorder Services 

 9/20/2017
17-046

Reporting Requirements Related to Provider Preventable Conditions in DMC-ODS Pilot Counties

 9/20/2017
17-045

Supersedes IN 17-002.

Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System and Modifiers

 9/14/2017
17-044 Women and Perinatal Community Substance Use Disorder Provider Directory  9/12/2017
17-043 Rejection of Uncertified Drug Medi-Cal Claim Files  9/12/2017
17-042

Establishing a County Contract Rate in the Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal Claiming and Payment System for Fiscal Year 2017-18

 9/12/2017
17-041

Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Allocation and Methodology for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18

 9/12/2017
17-040

Chart Documentation Requirement Clarifications

 8/24/2017
17-039

Supersedes IN 17-023.

Changing Same Day Billing Requirements for Counties that Opt-In to the Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) Organized Delivery System (ODS) 1115 Demonstration Waiver

 8/18/2017
17-038

Updated Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) Billing Manual

 7/31/2017
17-036 Drug Medi-Cal County of Responsibility Transition 7/28/2017
17-035

Superseded by IN 18-046.

American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Level Of Care (LOC) Data Collection for Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Waiver

 9/5/2017
17-034 Superseded by BHIN 21-020 International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Remission Codes for the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) 7/27/2017
17-033

Deadline to Submit Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Fiscal Plan – November 1, 2017

7/31/2017
17-032 Implementation of Presumptive Transfer for Foster Children Placed Out of County 7/14/2017
17-031

Instructions for Reporting Rates Negotiated for Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital Services Contracts for Fiscal Year 2017-18

 6/30/2017
17-030 State Health Information Guidance (SHIG) for Sharing Behavioral Health Information in California 6/26/2017
17-029

Medication Assisted Treatment Reimbursement Rates for Fiscal Year 2017-18 Under The Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System

 6/26/2017
17-028 Level II Heat Alert Advisory 6/16/2017
17-027 Enrolling, Ordering, Referring and Prescribing Providers 6/19/2017
17-026

Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) Treatment Perception Survery (TPS)

6/9/2017
17-025

Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal (SD/MC) Cost Report Submission Requirements

 6/7/2017
17-024 Out-of-County Provider Referral Form 5/22/2017
17-023

Supersedes IN 16-007. Superseded by IN 17-039.

Changing Same Day Billing Requirements for Counties That Opt-In To The Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) 1115 Demonstration Waiver

 5/25/2017
17-022 Deadline to Submit Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Implementation Plan 5/24/2017
17-021 Claiming for the Therapeutic Foster Care Service Model in the Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal Claims Processing System 5/24/2017
17-020

Supersedes IN 17-005.

Short-Doyle Medi-Cal (SD/MC) Claim Adjustment Reason Code and Remittance Advice Remark Code for the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System

5/26/2017
17-018

Drug Medi-Cal Reimbursement Rates for Fiscal Year 2017-18

 5/18/2017
17-017

Alcohol and/or Other Drug Program Certification Standards

 5/24/2017
17-016

Superseded by IN 20-005 Statewide Criteria for Mental Health Program Approval of Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP)     

 5/5/2017
17-015 Medication Unit (MU) Overview 5/5/2017
17-014 Substance Use Disorder Primary Prevention Data Collection and Reporting Service 5/1/2017
17-013

Allocation of Funding for Substance Use Disorder Program, Policy and Fiscal Division, State Fiscal Year
2017-18 Governor’s Budget (Preliminary) Allocation, V1.0

 5/5/2017
17-012

State General Fund Allocation Estimates for Drug Medi-Cal

 4/14/2017
17-011

Reimbursement for Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Expenses

  • Enclosure 1
  • DHCS 5311 Form – DMC-ODS Claim for Reimbursement of Quality Assurance/Utilization Review (QA/UR) Costs
 4/14/2017
17-010

Mental Health Consumer Perception Survey Data Collection – May 15 – 19, 2017

 3/30/2017
17-009

Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) Service Model and Parent Qualifications

 2/21/2017
17-008

Peer Support Services in the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMCODS) Waiver

 2/14/2017
17-007

Fiscal Year 2014-15 Behavioral Health Services Growth Special Account Allocations

 2/24/2017
17-006

Superseded by IN 19-014.

Mental Health Plan Claiming for Increased Costs to Certify Foster Family Agencies to Provide Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services

 7/27/2017
17-005
Supersedes IN 15-041. Superseded by IN 17-020.
Short-Doyle (SD/MC) Claim Adjustment Reason Code and Remittance Advice Remark Code Revisions for 2016
 2/1/2017
17-004E
Superseded by IN 18-053.
International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) Included Sets
 10/13/2017
17-003 Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Revenue and Expenditure Report for Fiscal Year 2015-16 1/24/2017
17-002

Supersedes IN 16-057. Superseded by IN 17-045.

Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System and Modifiers

 1/24/2017
17-001 Revised Enclosure D Forms: Non-Drug Medi-Cal New and Existing Provider Information for Input into the Master Provider File (MPF) Database 2/10/2017