Population Specific Expectations. Practices serving Enrollees 21 years of age or younger shall: □ Staff with children, youth, and family-specific expertise: identify at least one non-clinical team member with demonstrable experience addressing the BH and HRSN of children, youth, and families in a health care setting and/or possessing specialized training, degree, licensing, or certification in such work. This role may be met virtually but shall be on-site at least monthly. This role shall be responsible for communicating with and being the site’s primary and reliable point of contact to the CBHI program, Family Resource Centers (FRCs), and schools/early childhood settings. □ Provide patients and their families who are eligible for SNAP and WIC application assistance through the practice in order to assist patients and their families to apply for and engage those programs. While practices may offer some assistance virtually, Enrollees must be able to access this requirement on-site. Practices serving Enrollees ages 21-65 shall: □ LARC provision, at least one option: have the on-site ability to place at least one (1) type of long- acting reversible contraceptive (e.g., intrauterine device or subdermal implant). This service shall be available on-site during normal business hours at least one session every other week (i.e., twice monthly). This activity may occur either in the primary care office or from a co-located provider at the same practice site. Enrollees must be able to access this requirement on-site. □ Active Buprenorphine Availability: have at least one (1) individual provider actively prescribing buprenorphine for management of opioid use disorder to patients with opioid use disorder as clinically indicated. Actively prescribing means that a provider is either currently prescribing buprenorphine for Enrollees at the practice, or is willing and able to if and when any Enrollee is in need of this service, without having to refer the Enrollee to another location. This provider shall be dedicated and available to patients in the practice on-site or virtually on at least a weekly basis. Providing referrals to SUD care or maintaining agreements with other providers or practices that require the Enrollee to present at a different location does not meet this requirement. □ Active Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) Treatment Availability: at least one provider actively prescribing or willing and able to prescribe relevant medications for management of alcohol use disorder (e.g., Disulfiram, Acampr...
Population Specific Expectations. Practices serving Enrollees 21 years of age or younger shall: □ Full-time staff with children, youth, and family-specific expertise: identify at least one non-clinical team member with experience addressing BH and HRSN of children, youth, and families in a health care setting and/or with specialized degree, license, training, or certification in such work. Such staff shall be available during normal business hours (Monday through Friday, mornings and afternoons), and shall be responsible for communicating with and being the site’s primary and reliable point of contact to the CBHI program, FRCs, and schools/early childhood education settings. This role may be met virtually but shall be on-site at least monthly. □ LARC provision, at least one (1) option: have the ability on-site to insert at least one type of LARC (e.g., intrauterine device or subdermal implant). This service shall be available on-site during normal business hours at least one session every other week (i.e., twice monthly). Enrollees must be able to access this requirement on-site. □ Active Buprenorphine Availability: must have at least one (1) provider actively prescribing buprenorphine for management of opioid use disorder to patients with opioid use disorder, as clinically indicated. Actively prescribing means that a provider is either currently prescribing buprenorphine for enrollees at the practice, or is willing and able to if and when any Enrollee is in need of this service without having to refer the Enrollee to another location. This provider shall be available to patients in the practice on at least a weekly basis. Providing referrals to SUD care or maintaining agreements with other providers or practices at a different location does not meet this requirement. Providers may leverage the partnership and guidance of MCPAP for guidance on prescribing buprenorphine: xxx.xxxxx.xxx. This requirement may be met virtually. However, providers must be capable of asynchronous, consultative, provider-to-provider communications within a shared Electronic Health Record (EHR) or web-based platform between primary care and specialist providers over a secure electronic medium that involves sharing of patient-specific information and discussing clarification or guidance regarding targeted clinical care. Practices serving Enrollees ages 21-65 shall: □ LARC provision, multiple options: have the ability on-site to insert multiple forms of LARC (e.g., intrauterine device and subdermal implant). This ser...
