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2020
- 317/2020 - Documentation Manual
- 1/13/2020 - Outpatient Operations Manual/Practice Guidelines
- 1/14/2020 - Service Code Matrix by License Type
2019
- 12/13/2019 - Community Treatment and Supports - Adult System - Memo
- 10/7/2019 - CANS and PSC Requirements Updated 8/20/2019
- 10/4/2019 - Drug Medi-Cal Claim Review and Certification Timing
- 10/4/2019 - Medical Director Roles and Responsibilities
- 09/17/2019 - Care Coordination Brochure English Spanish
- 09/17/2019 - Care Coordination through Team Based Care (TBC) Memorandum
- 09/09/2019 - Psychiatric Referral Process
- 08/14/2019 - Progress Note Policy Memorandum
- 08/08/2019 - Level of Care and Recovery Inventory (LOCRI)
- 07/22/2019 - Children's CTS Referral Process
- 07/18/2019 - FSP Agreement Form Memorandum
- 06/06/2019 - Interpreter Utilization Documentation Requirements
- 03/25/2019 - Note Review Process- Updated
- 03/25/2019 - Intensive Care Coordination, In-Home Behavioral Services and Child Family Team Meetings - Memo
2018
- 07/20/2018 - CANS and PSQ Frequently Asked Questions CANS and PSC Memorandum
- 01/04/2018 - Update CORE code Combinations for CAQH CORE 360 CARC and RARCs
- 01/04/2018 - Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal Claim Payment/Advice (835) Substance Use Disorder Services CARC/RARC Changes
2017
- 11/07/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-057 REGIONAL AVERAGE RATES FOR NON-CONTRACT PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENT HOSPITALS FOR FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2017-18 Enclosure
- 11/07/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-058 CARRIER AND PROVIDER RECOVERIES and OTHER HEALTH COVERAGE CODES
- 12/13/2017: CANS Form
- 12/13/2017: Functional Assessment Tool Implementation Schedule
- 12/13/2017: Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC)
QCM Departmental Communications
- 06/09/2020 : Re-Credentialing Memo Final
- 03/13/2018 : Spring 2018 CPS Survey Memo
- 06/05/2017 : LOI Procedure for Supervisors and Managers
- 06/09/2017 : Assessments Memo
- 06/09/2017 : BWell County Memo for LOI Procedures
- 06/09/2017 : Memo- Chart Review Process
- 06/09/2017 : Process for Becoming a Note Reviewer Memo
- 06/26/2017 : Clinical Assessment and Treatment Plan Training
- 06/26/2017 : Trainings Memo
- 06/26/2017 : CPS Report Final Jan 2016
- 06/26/2017 : CPS Report Spring 2017 Final
- 06/30/2017 : Executive Management Re-Organization
- 06/30/2017 : Fall 2017 Consumer Perception Surveys
- 06/30/2017 : Instructions for Consumer Perception Survey (CPS) Data Collection
ADP Memorandums
- 08/13/2020 : COVID-19 Modifications to DMC-ODS Residential Treatment Limits
- 04/17/2020 : Memo - Patient Education in Residential Treatment
- 03/16/2020 : DMC-ODS Treatment Services during COVID
- 01/07/2020 : Recovery Services
- 12/20/2019 : Administrative Monitoring
- 12/05/2019 : Interpreter Utilization Documentation Requirements
- 10/11/2019 : Licensed-Eligible Practitioners Supervision Requirement
- 10/03/2019 : Medical Director Roles and Responsibilities
- 09/05/2019 : Drug Medi-Cal Claim Review and Certification Timing
- 11/02/2018 : End Dating and Opening in New Programs in ShareCare
- 11/28/2018 : Admissions and Services of Self-Pay and Private Insured Clients
- 12/03/2018 : Documentation of Level 2.1 Intensive Outpatient Services
- 12/05/2018 : DMC-ODS Procedure Codes, Service Locations, and Time
- 01/18/2019 : Residential Treatment (Level 3.1) Procedure Codes
- 02/26/2019 : Staff Credentialing and Licensing
- 05/02/2019 : WM vs RTS Memorandum
- 05/09/2019 : Minimum Documentation Requirements for Residential Treatment
- 05/09/2019 : Documentation of the SUD Diagnosis in ShareCare
- 06/13/2019 : Interpreter Utilization Documentation Requirements Revised
- 07/08/2019 : Staff Credentialing and Licensing
- 07/31/2019 : Treatment Plan Authorization
- 07/31/2019 : Revised SC 5042 Open Caseload Report Memorandum
- 08/02/2019 : Out of County Beneficiaries as of 12-1-18 Revised
- 08/02/2019 : Admissions and Services Reporting of Clients with Pending DMC Eligibility
Info Notices
SUD Info Notices
- 3/12/19: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-014: Certifying Organization Loss of Accreditation: California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators (CAADE)
- 3/11/19: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-009: Naloxone in Licensed Residential and Certified AOD Programs
- 3/11/19: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-013: 2019 International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision Included Code Sets and Systems Edit for Short Doyle Medical II Billing
- 2/8/19: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-005: Drug
Medi-Cal Narcotic Treatment Program Cost Reporting
- 1/30/19: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-002: Implementation of Senate Bill 1228 (Chapter 792, Statutes of 2018)
- 1/30/19: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-003: Implementation of Assembly Bill 3162 and Senate Bill 992
- 12/20/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-058:
Supersedes IN 16-059. Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Block Grant Funded Room and Board for Transitional Housing, Recovery Residences
and Residential Treatment Services
- 11/26/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-056: Department of Health Care Services Oversight of Certifying Organizations
- 11/5/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-052: Delay in Short-Doyle Claims Processing for Buprenorphine-Naloxone under the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System
- 11/5/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-051: Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Transition of Care Policy
- 10/12/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-047: Substance Use Disorder Services California Outcomes Measurement System for Treatment (CalOMS Tx) - Direct Providers to County Contracted Providers
- 10/03/2018: MHSUDS ASAM Level of Care Data Collection for the Drug Medi-Cal ODS Waiver
- 08/07/2018: MHSUDS Drug Medi-Cal Reimbursement Rates for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Substance Use Disorders - Program, Prevention and Fiscal Division Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) Rates for Fiscal Year 2018-19
- 08/07/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice No: 18-036 Medication Assisted Treatment Reimbursement Rates for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 under the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System
Drug Medi-Cal Rates for FY 18-19 - 08/06/18: MHSUDS Information Notice No: 18-035 Department of Health Care Services Oversight of Certifying Organizations
- 07/23/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice No: 18-031 Incidental Medical Services
- 06/11/2018: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 18-025 -FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2016-2017 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES COST REPORT POLICY
- 06/07/2018: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 18-024 - ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SANCTIONS
- 05/30/2018: 18-023 Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Cost Reporting Requirements for Narcotic Treatment Programs
- 05/30/2018: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO. 18-022 - The California Children, Youth, and Families Integrated Core Practice Model and the California Integrated Training Guide
- 05/09/2018: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 18-021 - WOMEN AND PERINATAL COMMUNITY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, PROVIDER DIRECTORY
- 05/01/2018: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 18-003 - Senate Bill 75 (Chapter 18, Statutes of 2015) Paid Claims Report Retrieval
- 04/23/2018: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 18-019 PROVIDER CREDENTIALING AND RE-CREDENTIALING FOR MENTAL HEALTH PLANS (MHPs) AND DRUG MEDI-CAL ORGANIZED DELIVERY SYSTEM (DMC-ODS) PILOT COUNTIES
- 04/23/2018: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 18-020 FEDERAL PROVIDER DIRECTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PLANS (MHPs) AND DRUG MEDI-CAL ORGANIZED DELIVERY SYSTEM (DMC-ODS) PILOT COUNTIES
- 04/02/2018: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 18-005 DRUG MEDI-CAL ORGANIZED DELIVERY SYSTEM CASE MANAGEMENT FOR CARE COORDINATION CLAIMING
- 03/22/2018: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 18-013 MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMER PERCEPTION SURVEY DATA COLLECTION – MAY 14 – 18, 2018
- 03/14/2018: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO. 18-015. ESTABLISHING COUNTY RATES FOR SHORT-DOYLE/MEDI-CAL CLAIMS FY 2018-19 | Attachment - COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH PLAN FORM
- 02/09/2018: Primary Prevention Mid-Year Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-18
- 12/08/2017: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 17-067; Certifying Organization Loss of Accreditation: California Association for Alcohol and Drug Educators (CAADE)
- 12/08/2017: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 17-060; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES (DHCS) DRUG MEDI-CAL ORGANIZED DELIVERY SYSTEM (DMC-ODS) PROVIDER SELECTION APPEALS PROCESS
- 01/04/2018 - MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 17-063 2018 INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, TENTH REVISION (ICD-10)
- 01/04/2018 - MHSUDS_17-063_Enclosure Substance Use Disorder -Drug Medi-Cal ICD 10 CM Included Codes
- 01/30/2018 - 18-001 Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Residential Reimbursement
- 01/30/2018 - 18-004 Implementation of Assembly Bill 395 for Narcotic Treatment Programs
- 8/24/2017 : MHSUDS Info Notice 17-039Supercedes 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 Enclosure
- 9/13/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-043 Rejection of Uncertified Drug Medi-Cal Claim Files
- 9/13/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-044 Women and Perinatal Community Substance Use Disorder Provider Directory
- 9/22/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-045 Supercedes IN 17-002. Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System and Modifiers
- 9/22/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-046 Reporting Requirements Related to Provider Preventable Conditions in DMC-ODS Pilot Counties Enclosure 1
- 9/22/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 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
- 10/2/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-048 Naloxone In Licensed Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Residential Treatment Programs and Certified AOD Outpatient Programs
- 10/16/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-056 Substance Use Disorder Counselors Mandated to Report Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse
Mental Health Info Notices
- 5/23/2019: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-025: Short Term Residential Therapeutic Program Update In the Data Collection Reporting System
- 3/21/2019: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-017:
Mental Health Services Act: Implementation of Welfare and
Institutions Code (W&I) Sections 5892 and 5892.1
- 3/15/2019: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-015: Establishing a County Contract Rate in the Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal Claiming Payment System for Fiscal Year 2019-20 Rate Form Enclosure
- 3/11/2019: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-012: Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Revenue and Expenditure Report Withhold Process
- 3/7/2019: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-010: County Responsibility to Pay for Crisis Residential Treatment Services and Room and Board in Children's Crisis Residential Programs for Medi-Cal Beneficiaries
- 3/6/2019: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-011: Electronic Funds Transfer Available for County
Payments
- 3/4/2019: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-008: Administrative Day Rate for Fee-For-Service/Medi-Cal Hospitals for Fiscal Year 2018-19
- 2/28/2019: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-007: Mental Health Plan and County Mental Health Department
Provision of Mental Health Services for County Probation and Jail, Parole, and
Post Release Community Supervision Populations
- 2/8/2019: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-006: Instructions
for Consumer Perception Survey Data Collection Enclosure 1
- 1/30/2019: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-004: Mental Health Program Approval of Children's Crisis Residential Programs Enclosure 1 Enclosure 2
- 12/24/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-060: Fiscal Year 2016-17
Behavioral Health Services Growth Special Account Allocations Enclosure
- 12/20/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-059: Federal Continuity of Care Requirements for Mental Health Plans
- 11/5/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-055: Amendment of California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 22, Section 51490.1
- 11/5/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-054: Annual Review Protocol for Specialty Mental Health Services and Other Funded Services for Fiscal Year 2018/19 Enc 1 Enc 3 Enc 4
- 11/5/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-053: 2019 International Classification of Diseases, tenth Revision (ICD-10) Included Code Sets Effective October 1, 2018 through September 20, 2019 Enc 1 Enc 2
- 11/5/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-050: Short-Doyle Medi-Cal Claim Adjustment Reason Code and Remittance Advice Remark Code Revisions for 2018 Enc 1
- 11/5/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-049: Delegation of Mental Health Program Approval Task of Short Term Residential Therapeutic Programs Enc 1 Enc 2
- 10/19/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-048 Early Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) - Specialty Mental Health Services Performance Outcomes System Functional Assessment Tools for Children and Youth.
- 10/01/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-045 Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Reporting Veterans Spending
- 09/27/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-043 Beneficiary Handbook Enclosure 1
- 09/27/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-044 Client Perception Survey
- 09/21/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-041 Regional Average Rates for Non-Contract Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitals for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-19 18-041 Enclosure
- 08/21/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-040 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT (MHSA) REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017-18 Enc 2
- 08/15/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-038 MHSA Allocation and Methodology for FY 2018-19
- 08/06/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-034 FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2017 – 2018 COST REPORT POLICY
- 08/06/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 18-033 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT: IMPLEMENTATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FUND REVERSIONS AND REALLOCATIONS PURSUANT TO WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTIONS 5892(h) and 5899.1
- 06/27/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-027 Presumptive Transfer Policy Guidance
- 06/25/2018: MHSUDS Information Notice 19-026:
Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal Cost Report Settlement
Timeframes
- 04/02/2018: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 18-010E FEDERAL GRIEVANCE AND APPEAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WITH REVISED BENEFICIARY NOTICE TEMPLATES
- 04/02/2018: 18-014 FY 2017-18 Mental Health Services Act Allocation Schedule – Updated
- 03/26/2018: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 18-014 FY 2017-18 Mental Health Services Act Allocation Schedule – Updated
- 03/22/2018: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 18-013 MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMER PERCEPTION SURVEY DATA COLLECTION – MAY 14 – 18, 2018
- 12/13/2017: MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 17-052
- 01/04/2018 - MHSUDS_Information_Notice_17-066_CARC_RARC_FINAL SHORT-DOYLE MEDI-CAL CLAIM ADJUSTMENT REASON CODE AND REMITTANCE ADVICE REMARK CODE REVISIONS FOR 2017
- 01/04/2018 - MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 17-062 MEDI-CAL MANAGED CARE PLAN NON-MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION POLICY
- 01/30/2018 - 18-002 Co-Practitioner Claim Submission Requirements
- 01/30/2018 - 18-007 Requirements for Implementing the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths Assessment Tool within a Child and Family Team
- 8/18/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-040 Chart Documentation Requirement Clarifications
- 9/12/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-041 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT (MHSA) Allocation and Methodology for FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2017-18
- 9/12/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-042 Establishing a County Contract Rate in the Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal Claiming and Payment System for Fiscal Year 2017-18 Enclosure 1
- 9/29/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-050 Annual Review Protocol for Specialty Mental Health Services and other Funded Services for Fiscal Year 2017-2018
- 10/3/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-051 2016 New Mental Health Medi-Cal Administration Activities Implementation Plan Guidance Enclosure 1
- 10/12/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-049 Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Revenue and Expenditure Report for Fiscal Year 2016-17Enclosure 1 Enclosure 2
- 10/12/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-053 Mental Health Consumer Perception Survey Data Collection – November 13-17, 2017
- 10/13/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-054 Rewrite of the Data Collection and Reporting System
- 10/16/2017: MHSUDS Info Notice 17-055 Removal of the Lockout for Intensive Care Coordination and Intensive Home Based Services for Children and Youth in Group Homes or Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs
DHCS
- DHCS Bulletins, Information Notices and Letters
- DHCS 2017 MHSUDS Information Notices
- DHCS 2017 Medi-Cal All Plan, Policy and Dual Plan Letters
Publications
- FY19-20 DMC-ODS External Quality Review Organization (EQRO)
- FY19-20 MHP External Quality Review Organization (EQRO)
- FY 17-18 External Quality Review Organization (EQRO) Report
- FY 16-17 External Quality Review Organization (EQRO) Report
- FY 15-16 External Quality Review Organization (EQRO) Report
- MHP Outpatient Implementation Plan
- MHP Inpatient Implementation Plan
Plans of Correction
- Inpatient
- Outpatient
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