fb88 DHHS Reorganizes Behavioral Health to Better Serve Children and Families

Jan 1, 2024

The fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced today that it will move Children’s Behavioral Health Services (CBHS) from the Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) to the Office of Behavioral Health (OBH) to ensure a whole-family approach to the continuum of mental health and substance use prevention, treatment, crisis response, and recovery. Additionally, this transition of services improves the balance of staff across the Department’s Offices, allowing increased attention and support from leadership to child welfare, child care and CBHS.

Recoupment of Claim Payments for Non-Covered Services Processed Under the COVID-19 Uninsured Benefit After the End of the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE)

As explained in the March 22, 2022 e-message,  fb88Care’s COVID-19 Uninsured Benefit was available for uninsured individuals through the end of the federal PHE, which ended May 11, 2023. fb88Care will not pay for services for this population for dates of service after May 11, 2023.  

fb88Care Notice of Agency Rule-making Adoption, fb88Care Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 43, Hospice Services, and Chapter III, Section 43, Allowances for Hospice Services (repeal)

Attention Providers: New Ways to Connect Your Patients to Mental Health Care

The fb88Care HIV Program and the Delivery System Reform Units will host a 30-minute tour of Treatment Connection, an online platform that helps you locate and contact mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) providers. This session is specifically for providers who seek mental health and SUD services for their patients. The live event will start at 11:30 AM, Thursday, January 25, 2024. .

fb88Care Notice of Agency Rule-making Adoption, fb88Care Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 43, Hospice Services, and Chapter III, Section 43, Allowances for Hospice Services (repeal)

Notice of Agency Rule-making Adoption

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, fb88Care Services

CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: fb88Care Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 43, Hospice Services, and Chapter III, Section 43, Allowances for Hospice Services (repeal)

ADOPTED RULE NUMBER:

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Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase 2 Trainings

We continue to offer weekly EVV provider and aggregator trainings. All trainings are online via Microsoft Teams.

NOTE: The Absorb training system has been updated to allow providers to register for trainings more than once.

EVV Training Schedule

EVV Phase 2 Training Content – State and Providers

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Attention Section 65 Behavioral Health Providers: Draft Service Model and Rates Presented Materials for Mobile Crisis Response Teams

On January 11, 2024, fb88Care held an online public meeting with its vendor Burns and Associates, a division of Health Management Associates (HMA-Burns), to present the recommended draft service model and rates for Mobile Crisis Response Teams, along with rationales. Stakeholders were able to provide public comment during this forum.