Issue #2 September 2005
The Guilford Center publishes this e-newsletter, periodically, in order to give you helpful updates on State regulations, RFP announcements, rate changes, service authorization information, training opportunities and other information. Each section will include the name and email or phone number of someone for you to contact for more information. Feel free to forward this newsletter to your staff or other interested persons.
Here it is! Your own Provider Corner
Now you can link to a new Provider Corner section of our
website designed specifically for service providers! Sections include How
to Become a Provider; Provider Procedures for authorization of services,
accreditation and monitoring, incident reporting, RFP processes and other
procedures; Best Practices resources; Training Opportunities; contact information
for key staff and more. Visit the Provider Corner at www.guilfordcenter.com/providercorner/default.htm.
In This Issue:
Letter from Glenna Harford, Agency Business Manager, The Guilford Center
Use of CAFAS Discontinued
Register Now for Endorsed Service Definition Training
Letter from Glenna Harford, Agency Business Manager , The Guilford Center
For: All Providers
As you are aware, there are many changes occurring at the state level in the delivery of mental health services. This letter from our Agency Business Manager gives you an overview of how these changes affect the relationship between The Guilford Center and its provider partners. The topics discussed are: Directly Enrolled Providers of Medicaid Services; Endorsement and Medicaid Services; Billing under Contract for Medicaid, MR/MI Adult, and CMSED Services; IPRS Funded Contracts; Electronic Authorization and Electronic Claims Processing under CareLink; Authorization and Submission of Opening Packets for New Clients; On-Going Authorization Requests for Open Clients; Update Fee Sets and Update IPRS Target Population Enrollment Forms: Discharge Summary/Aftercare Plan; Child Target Population Assignment with no CAFAS; Contractors and Directly Enrolled Residential Providers Registration Requirement; Invoice Changes for Periodic and Day-Night Services; Services to Out-of-County Residents; The Guilford Center Website; and Email Address Request.
Some very important procedural changes have been made to ease providers through the transition process. Therefore, you will want to read the letter very carefully. The link below takes you to a full text of its content:Letter from Glenna Harford
For more information, contact:
Glenna Harford, Agency Business Manager, email gharford@guilfordcenter.com or call 336.641.6920
Use of CAFAS Discontinued
For: Providers of Child Mental Health Services
As you know, effective September 1, 2005 the State of North Carolina’s
license to use the CAFAS expired. It is no longer legal for us to use the
CAFAS. To date, we have received no information from the State as to guidance
in assigning children to a target population, without using the CAFAS score.
As soon as the State informs us of changes to the Child Mental Health Target
Population, we will pass that information along to you. Click on the link
below to access the target population criteria that is to be followed in
the interim period:
IPRS Target Population Details September 1 Changes
For more information, contact:
Paul Evans, Director of Provider Services, email pevans@guilfordcenter.com or
call 336.641.6739
Register Now for Endorsed Service Definition Training
For: Providers of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities/Substance Abuse Services
The second season of the Clinical Skills Training Series for the North Carolina Division of MH/DD/SAS is open. Please visit the Registration Website www.behavioralhealthcareinstitute.blueshoe.com.
Each registration for Endorsed Service Definition Training requires the email address of the person who will attend the training event. Your training history will be tracked by your individual email address. If you do not have an individual email address, you can obtain one at no cost by clicking here: Get a free Free Yahoo email account here.
Medicaid requires specific training hours in the new Service Definitions in order to bill for services. Due to this requirement, there will be no partial day credit hours awarded. In the event that you do not complete a full training day, you may be given an opportunity to attend the next scheduled training of the topic.
For more information, contact:
Anne Gable, Organizational Development Coordinator,
email agable@guilfordcenter.com or
call 336.641.7473.
For more information on these or other Provider issues, please see our website or contact us at 336.641.4981.