Common use of Case Management for Members Receiving Behavioral Health Services Clause in Contracts

Case Management for Members Receiving Behavioral Health Services. The Contractor shall employ or contract with case managers with training, expertise and experience in providing case management services for members receiving behavioral health services. At a minimum, the Contractor shall provide case management services for any member at risk for inpatient psychiatric or substance abuse hospitalization, and for members discharged from an inpatient psychiatric or substance abuse hospitalization, for no fewer than ninety (90) calendar days following that inpatient hospitalization. Case managers shall contact members during an inpatient hospitalization, or immediately upon receiving notification of a member’s inpatient behavioral health hospitalization, and shall schedule an outpatient follow-up appointment to occur no later than seven (7) calendar days following the inpatient behavioral health hospitalization discharge. Case managers should use the results of health needs screenings and more detailed comprehensive health assessments to identify members in need of case management services. Case managers shall also monitor members receiving behavioral health services who are new to the Contractor’s plan to ensure that the member is expediently linked to an appropriate behavioral health provider. The case manager shall monitor whether the member is receiving appropriate services and whether the member is at risk of over- or under-utilizing services. OMPP shall provide access to its web-based interface CoreMMIS to allow the Contractor to monitor MRO utilization, which is covered by Medicaid FFS. Case managers shall regularly and routinely consult with both the member’s physical and behavioral health providers to facilitate the sharing of clinical information, and the development and maintenance of a coordinated physical health and behavioral health treatment plan for the member. In addition, with the appropriate consent, case managers shall notify both PMPs and behavioral health providers when a member is hospitalized or receives emergency treatment for behavioral health issues, including substance abuse. Case managers shall provide this notification within five (5) calendar days of the hospital admission or emergency treatment. Documentation of case management procedures, contacts, interventions and outcomes shall be made available to OMPP upon request.

Case Management for Members Receiving Behavioral Health Services. The Contractor shall employ or contract with case managers with training, expertise and experience in providing case management services for members receiving behavioral health services. At a minimum, the Contractor shall provide complex case management services for any member at risk for inpatient psychiatric or substance abuse hospitalization, and for members discharged from an inpatient psychiatric or substance abuse hospitalization, for no fewer than ninety (90) calendar days following that inpatient hospitalization. Case managers shall contact members during an inpatient hospitalization, or immediately upon receiving notification of a member’s inpatient behavioral health hospitalization, hospitalization and shall schedule an outpatient follow-up appointment to occur no later than seven (7) calendar days following the inpatient behavioral health hospitalization discharge. Case managers should use the results of health needs screenings and more detailed comprehensive health assessments to identify members in need of case management services. Case managers shall also monitor members receiving behavioral health services who are new to the Contractor’s plan to ensure that the member is expediently linked to an appropriate behavioral health provider. The case manager shall monitor whether the member is receiving appropriate services and whether the member is at risk of over- or under-utilizing services. OMPP FSSA shall provide access to its web-based interface CoreMMIS to allow the Contractor to monitor MRO utilization, which is covered by Medicaid FFS. Case managers shall regularly and routinely consult with both the member’s physical and behavioral health providers to facilitate the sharing of clinical information, and the development and maintenance of a coordinated physical health and behavioral health treatment plan for the member. In addition, with the appropriate consent, case managers shall notify both PMPs and behavioral health providers when a member is hospitalized or receives emergency treatment for behavioral health issues, including substance abuse. Case managers shall provide this notification within five (5) calendar days of the hospital admission or emergency treatment. Documentation of case management procedures, contacts, interventions and outcomes shall be made available to OMPP FSSA upon request.

Case Management for Members Receiving Behavioral Health Services. The Contractor shall employ or contract with case managers with training, expertise and experience in providing case management services for members receiving behavioral health services. At a minimum, the Contractor shall offer to provide case management services for to any member at risk for inpatient psychiatric or substance abuse hospitalization, and for to members discharged from an inpatient psychiatric or substance abuse hospitalization, for no fewer than ninety (90) calendar days following that inpatient hospitalization. Case managers shall contact members during an inpatient hospitalization, or immediately upon receiving notification of a member’s inpatient behavioral health hospitalization, and shall schedule an outpatient follow-up appointment to occur no later than seven (7) calendar days following the inpatient behavioral health hospitalization discharge. Case managers should use the results of health needs screenings and more detailed comprehensive health assessments assessments, including the medically frail health assessments, to identify members in need of case management services. Case managers shall also monitor members receiving behavioral health services who are new to the Contractor’s plan to ensure that the member is expediently linked to an appropriate behavioral health provider. The case manager shall monitor whether the member is receiving appropriate services and whether the member is at risk of over- or under-utilizing services. OMPP shall provide access to its web-web- based interface CoreMMIS to allow the Contractor to monitor MRO utilization, which is covered by Medicaid FFS. Case managers shall regularly and routinely consult with both the member’s physical and behavioral health providers to facilitate the sharing of clinical information, and the development and maintenance of a coordinated physical health and behavioral health treatment plan for the member. In addition, with the appropriate consent, case managers shall notify both PMPs and behavioral health providers when a member is hospitalized or receives emergency treatment for behavioral health issues, including substance abuse. Case managers shall provide this notification within five (5) calendar days of the hospital admission or emergency treatment. Documentation of case management procedures, contacts, interventions and outcomes shall be made available to OMPP upon request.

Case Management for Members Receiving Behavioral Health Services. The Contractor shall employ or contract with case managers with training, expertise and experience in providing case management services for members receiving behavioral health services. At a minimum, the Contractor shall provide case management services for any member at risk for inpatient psychiatric or substance abuse hospitalization, and for members discharged from an inpatient psychiatric or substance abuse hospitalization, for no fewer than ninety (90) calendar days following that inpatient hospitalization. Case managers shall contact members during an inpatient hospitalization, or immediately upon receiving notification of a member’s inpatient behavioral health hospitalization, and shall schedule an outpatient follow-up appointment to occur no later than seven (7) calendar days following the inpatient behavioral health hospitalization discharge. Case managers should use the results of health needs screenings and more detailed comprehensive health assessments to identify members in need of case management services. Case managers shall also monitor members receiving behavioral health services who are new to the Contractor’s plan to ensure that the member is expediently linked to an appropriate behavioral health provider. The case manager shall monitor whether the member is receiving appropriate services and whether the member is at risk of over- or under-utilizing services. OMPP FSSA shall provide access to its web-based interface CoreMMIS to allow the Contractor to monitor MRO utilization, which is covered by Medicaid FFS. Case managers shall regularly and routinely consult with both the member’s physical and behavioral health providers to facilitate the sharing of clinical information, and the development and maintenance of a coordinated physical health and behavioral health treatment plan for the member. In addition, with the appropriate consent, case managers shall notify both PMPs and behavioral health providers when a member is hospitalized or receives emergency treatment for behavioral health issues, including substance abuse. Case managers shall provide this notification within five (5) calendar days of the hospital admission or emergency treatment. Documentation of case management procedures, contacts, interventions and outcomes shall be made available to OMPP FSSA upon request.

Case Management for Members Receiving Behavioral Health Services. The Contractor shall employ or contract with case managers with training, expertise and experience in providing case management services for members receiving behavioral health services. At a minimum, the Contractor shall offer to provide case management services for to any member at risk for inpatient psychiatric or substance abuse hospitalization, and for to members discharged from an inpatient psychiatric or substance abuse hospitalization, for no fewer than ninety (90) calendar days following that inpatient hospitalization. Case managers shall contact members during an inpatient hospitalization, or immediately upon receiving notification of a member’s inpatient behavioral health hospitalization, and shall schedule an outpatient follow-up appointment to occur no later than seven (7) calendar days following the inpatient behavioral health hospitalization discharge. Case managers should use the results of health needs screenings and more detailed comprehensive health assessments assessments, including the medically frail health assessments, to identify members in need of case management services. Case managers shall also monitor members receiving behavioral health services who are new to the Contractor’s plan to ensure that the member is expediently linked to an appropriate behavioral health provider. The case manager shall monitor whether the member is receiving appropriate services and whether the member is at risk of over- or under-utilizing services. OMPP shall provide access to its web-based interface CoreMMIS to allow the Contractor to monitor MRO utilization, which is covered by Medicaid FFS. Case managers shall regularly and routinely consult with both the member’s physical and behavioral health providers to facilitate the sharing of clinical information, and the development and maintenance of a coordinated physical health and behavioral health treatment plan for the member. In addition, with the appropriate consent, case managers shall notify both PMPs and behavioral health providers when a member is hospitalized or receives emergency treatment for behavioral health issues, including substance abuse. Case managers shall provide this notification within five (5) calendar days of the hospital admission or emergency treatment. Documentation of case management procedures, contacts, interventions and outcomes shall be made available to OMPP upon request.