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Specialty Mental Health Services Billing Manual (effective July 1, 2023)

Title	Attachments
Policies and Procedures \| Memos	Access to Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) Criteria Documentation Requirements for all SMHS, DMC and DMC-ODS Services No Wrong Door for Mental Health Services Progress Note Timeliness Requirements Adult and Youth Screening & Transition Tools Policy Utilization Management - Audit Oversight Recoupment Standards Telehealth Policy Notices of Adverse Benefit Determinations, Appeals, and State Hearings Grievances Policy Credentialing and Recredentialing Policy Request for Second Opinion Poicy Federal Database Checks Policy Medication Monitoring Policy Medication Information and Consent
Tip Sheets	Access to SMHS - Adult Access to SMHS - Youth ICC and IHBS Treatment Plans Juvenile Hall and Jail Documentation Payment Reform Coding Tips and Guidance
Organizational Providers Forms	Client Services Information (CSI) CSI Flowchart Face Sheet New Patient Registration Organizational Provider Billing Template Program Diagnosis and Discharge SCMHP Staff Number Request Treatment Authorization Request (TAR) - Youth
Service Codes	Payment Reform Service Codes for Clinicians Payment Reform Service Codes for Other Qualified Providers Payment Reform Services Codes for Peer Support Specialists Payment Reform Services Codes for Prescribers Payment Reform Services Codes for Psychologists Payment Reform Services Codes for Registered Nurses

Supporting Documents

Program Transfer or Personal Services Coordinator (PSC) Change (649 KB)

Short Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) Regulations (1 MB)