Practice Management Insight

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

June 26

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Cultural Competence

Statewide Education Series, Oklahoma Institute for Mental Health & Substance Abuse

High Plains Tech Center

3921 34th St, Woodward

June 29

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Updating and Using ASAM PPC-2R

Faculty:

Steve Stewart, LPC,

MAC, LADC

Shepherd Mall, Suite 40B

2401 NW 23rd Street Oklahoma City

Check www.odmhsas.org for details

WHAT HAPPENED to

Focus on Behavioral Healthcare?

We have renamed this newsletter to reflect our expanded coverage that includes practice management news and issues of interest to providers of all these services:

· Behavioral Health

· Alcohol & Substance Abuse

· Youth Services

· Community at Risk Services (CARS)

· Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

· Department of Corrections

- Community Sentencing

- Probation & Parole Mental Health

- Probation & Parole Substance Abuse

Riverbend Accreditation & Consulting Services

Phone: (866) 343-2592 or (580) 922-5195

Need Help with Accreditation?

We provide technical expertise, guidance and motivation to those seeking accreditation and regulatory compliance from The Joint Commission, CARF, ODMHSA, Medicaid and other federal and state regulatory agencies.

Are you ready for OHCA changes coming July 1?

ThinkHealth members are ...

There won’t be any last-minute rush for ThinkHealth users  because all the changes being made by OHCA will be programmed by OrionNet and made available to system members with easy one-click updating.  The following items were recently updated by the State of Oklahoma Behavioral Health Collaboratives Documentation Workgroup:

· Screening & Assessment Form Elements

· Treatment Plan Form Elements

· Progress Note Form Elements

· Daily/Weekly PSR Progress Note Form Elements

"OPBH agencies can use these forms or their own forms as long as the agency's forms contain all of these required elements," Debbie A. Spaeth, OHCA Behavioral Health Services Manager, in an email to providers.

Clyde Wafford, OrionNet president, said ThinkHealth users can be certain that all the changes will be ready for use when required by OHCA.

APS electronic submsissions

“The Treatment Plan form is separate from the APS PA request form, so for prior authorization purposes, agencies will need to use the APS Healthcare PA form if submitting by FAX,” Spaeth said.  “If submitting PA requests electronically, then these contain all elements APS will need.”

Again, ThinkHealth users won’t have anything to worry about when it comes to electronic submission of PAs since OrionNet has been working with APS and communicating requirements to it members for the past two months.

As soon as APS completes its electronic transfer programming, “we will have an update of our application to allow you to upload your Treatment Plans and download the approval details,” Wafford told members in a recent email.

Wafford instructed ThinkHealth members to “set your companies up as one organization for all of your Medicaid IDs ... . Then our system will use those details to push and pull files automatically. ”

Plan Ahead

The Joint Commission Teleconference

The On-Site Survey Process

Date: Tuesday, August  7

Time: Noon – 1 pm (CDT)

Cost: Free

Who Should Attend?

Behavioral health care organizations that are not yet accredited, but need to learn more about the process and requirements.

Presentation Slides

Slides will be sent to registrants days before the teleconference.

More information:

Link: www.jointcommission.org/HTBAC/BHC/bhcteleconference.htm