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Behavioral Health Billing Community Addiction Service Providers MCO Procurement Ohio BH Redesign Ohio Medicaid Next Generation MCOPosted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Behavioral Health Billing Solutions is well known in the Ohio Behavioral Health area and we wanted to share some important information that we...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC We hope all of you have survived "Snowpocalyspe” and are staying strong through the latest COVID surges. Behavioral Health Billing Solutions (BHBS), even...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC As always, Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC (BHBS) is committed to bringing ongoing updates to Ohio Behavioral Health Providers. We also wanted to...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. All of us at Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC are wishing you a safe and happy holiday season! There have been a number of...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Behavioral Health Billing Solutions wanted to ensure everyone had access to the presentation by ODM and OhioMAS regarding Emergency Telehealth rules enacted by...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Ohio BH Redesign started January 1st, 2018 and the Managed Care carve in began July 1st, 2018. Every few months, I try to...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. August 1st is a day away, ARE YOU READY? On July 23rd, ODM held a follow up Stakeholder's meeting to announce upcoming changes that...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Imagine..... Imagine receiving a letter from an MCO that states they are initiating a "Pre-Payment Review". What does that mean? This letter initiates a time period...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. It's been a busy week in Ohio Behavioral Health. ODM is seeking public input from individuals and providers on how the current Managed...
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How many of you were excited when you saw this released by the state? I know I was. I've spent several months trying to get agencies together with MCO contacts,...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC So what's the latest on the challenges with Ohio Behavioral Health? On April 10th, ODM had a follow up webinar to the Provider enrollment...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. I think it's time to really discuss the issues related to Third Party Liability and Ohio Behavioral Health. (Ohio BH and TPL) Beginning January...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Let's talk about Behavioral Health agency Billing NPI's. Several years ago, Ohio Medicaid went to Behavioral Health agencies needing to create a separate Billing...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. So let's take a minute to talk about the latest in update's today in Behavioral Health in Ohio. February has been a busy month...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. t Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019, Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. had our second webinar offered for free to all agencies across Ohio. "BHBS-Decoding your 835...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. The transition to Managed Care for Behavioral Health Providers in Ohio has been in place for over 6 months now. Time for an Update...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Adapting to the changes from the Ohio BH Redesign and Managed Care carve in - November 7th, 2018 On November 7th, 2018, Behavioral Health...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Where are we today? In the world of Behavioral Health in Ohio, the answer is simple; the status of where are we today, is...
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Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC In this turbulent time for Behavioral Health Providers in Ohio, we wanted to offer support by hosting a One-Day Seminar. "Adapting to changes from the...
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Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Status update on the MCO carve in requested. The challenges keep coming. This week was different from last only from the standpoint that I had time...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Ohio Council is looking for input from Ohio BH providers on their experiences with billing the Managed Care Organizations since July 1st, 2018. In...
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Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC A special thanks from Sonda Kunzi, Christine Smalley and myself for all that attended our webinar this morning. It was great to see so many...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. New Contingency payment options available from CareSource and Molina. DEADLINE for the revised Contingency plans offered by both of these plans is Monday, July...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC What exactly is an 824 file? How does it impact your agency? And what do you or should you do with it? In March...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. It's one week past go live of the Managed Care Carve in and it's been a busy one. It's a mixed bag of...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Ready or not, here it comes. The MCO Carve in is moving forward, full speed ahead, despite a number of reservations, fully documented...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. (BHBS) has exciting news that could provide an EHR solution to agencies across Ohio. With the Managed Care Carve...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Today, additional Managed Care Carve in proposals were announced. The Ohio Council of Behavioral Health and Family Service Providers has put together an extensive...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. To address the looming deadline for the Managed Care Carve in, at Wednesday's EDI meeting, ODM announced contingency funding available through the Managed...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Ohio Behavioral Health Providers - Are you ready for the Managed Care carve in? In January 2018, Ohio Behavioral Health Provider's underwent a massive...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. The Ohio Council of Behavioral Health & Family Service Providers has provided a detailed list of Behavioral Health EHR providers including statistics on...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Important info from EDI Meeting released at Medicaid, April 4th, 2018. A number of time sensitive, critical pieces of information were shared and discussed...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Why are Bi-weekly Medicaid EDI meetings important to participate in? 1. Be heard - If you are having specific...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Common Billing issues and more critical information about the Ohio BH Redesign. A number of issues were discussed at the brief EDI meeting held...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Change in Payment Cycle for Specific Fee for Service Providers The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) will be restructuring the timing of specific provider...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. JMOC Redesign Update by ODM February 15th, 2018 Quick note, as always, anything in RED is a link to more information. So let's look at...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Contingency plan sign up info available. The Ohio Department of Medicaid announced today that additional applications will be accepted for the Time-Limited Cash Advance...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Registration is open for ALL Behavioral Health Providers including Enrollment of Dependently Licensed and BH Paraprofessional Practitioners in MITS.. MITS BITS is available here. New information...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. New Redesign info from Medicaid was released at the EDI Workgroup meeting on Wednesday, January 24th. Slide deck is available here. So let's...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Registration for the Winter MCO Forum's Released Winter 2018 BH Provider Forums Thursday, February 1, 2018 Franklin County ADAMH 447 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215 10:30-1:30 Handouts and...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions. LLC. Important information from OhioMAS to Certified Providers of Mental Health, Substance Use Disorder and MH/SUD Providers. Official waiver notification available here. To: Certified...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. How is Redesign going for your agency? Are you submitting claims utilizing your software and submitting using an EDI file? If...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Rapid Response info, Prior Authorization training and the 1st week of BH Redesign - LIVE The first week of BH Redesign Go live ended...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. New info on BH Redesign *** H0014 Withdrawal Management The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) has learned that H0014 has a daily limit of one through the...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. BH Redesign LIVE in 48 hours. ARE YOU READY? Fact: Ohio BH Redesign goes LIVE 01/01/2018. This is effective for ALL Ohio Behavioral Health Medicaid...
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*** Behavioral Health Redesign Will Begin Jan. 1, 2018 State's new Guaranteed Payment plan details below. The Ohio Department of Medicaid and the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. MyCare Plans go LIVE January 1st with BH Redesign! See below if your county is part of a MyCare area. Aetna Better Behavioral Health...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. BH Redesign goes live January 1st. This is Ohio's major behavioral health coding change in order to be nationally compliant with current guidelines. In...
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Posted By Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. I had the honor of being asked by a client to sit in on a meeting with her local House Representative Mark Romanchuk...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Ohio Medicaid cancelled tomorrow's EDI Work group at a rather critical time in the process. Many provider agencies were upset at the news...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. So let's spend some time and talk about how you are testing for the Ohio BH Redesign. 1. Are you testing through a clearing...
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At the 11/16/2017 session of the Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee, the discussion circled around the Ohio BH Redesign. In particular, the beta testing dates, overall testing period and whether...
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Your agency still has time to sign up to be a Beta Tester and be counted, ready or not. Follow the instructions below and submit your test files as...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC The EDI work group met Wednesday, November 8th, 2017. Testing updates and changes to some coding was announced. Slides for the work group...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Survey request on BH Redesign Readiness. Many agencies have received an urgent request to complete a survey from David F. Turner, Ph.D., Executive Director, The Counseling Source. Please...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Trading Partners refusing to test? An Urgent message went out to all Trading Partner's today. Several complaint's have been filed stating that some trading...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. The first BH Redesign 501 Training occurred yesterday and new BH redesign info was announced. The slides can be found here. Below are some...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Agenda for BH Redesign 501 "Fundamentals of Behavioral Health Redesign 501 Training's" A “Graduate Level Course” to prepare Ohio behavioral health agencies for successful...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC With Medicaid Behavioral Health Redesign, Ohio Medicaid will cover SUD residential treatment using a per diem payment methodology. In order to bill for...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Update on Ohio BH Redesign. The Ohio BH Redesign, a major coding change for all Ohio Behavioral Health agencies goes live January 1st,...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions. LLC BH Redesign Testing info from Medicaid Medicaid Fee for Service Claims Testing for BH Redesign and Rapid Response Team Support Behavioral health redesign fee-for-service...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Dual Practitioner Guidance as of the January 1st go-live for BH Redesign. This week I was finally able to get some verification from a...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Today, we received notification of the BH Redesign 501 training dates and locations, as well as registration links. Also, the Benefit and Services Work...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Medicaid Expansion is at risk, nationally and locally. The Ohio House of Representatives are trying to decide whether or not to override Governor...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. New Managed Care Forums were announced today by the Ohio Association of Health Plans (OHAP) in partnership with MHAS and ODM. OHAP appreciates the...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC On Wednesday, September 13th, two important group meetings were held at Ohio Medicaid, the Benefit and Services Work Group and the EDI Medicaid Work Group, releasing...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. A Managed Care Resource Guide was released yesterday to assist agencies with contracting with MCO's for the Managed Care Carve-in beginning July 1st,...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Update from ODM and OhioMAS. Yesterday, members of the BH Redesign Benefit and Service Development work group and Ohio Council received a communication...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC So today, Medicaid sent out the email below to Ohio Medicaid Trading Partner's. Dear Trading Partner, It has come to our attention that some trading...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. New Provider Registration Process offered by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Important details about the changes and new service offering are listed below. Most Behavioral...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC The Ohio Council sent notification of the new JCARR Rule Filing – Ohio Department of Medicaid – Refiled BH Rules 8/25/2017 As always, I...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Today, the Ohio Senate held an off-season session to vote on a number of Governor Kasich's veto items for budget bill 49. To see...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Information from the Medicaid EDI Workgroup on August 16th, 2017. Full slides are available here. Questions that were asked through the webinar were released...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. According to ODM, the last Benefits and Services work group scheduled for August 9th was cancelled and an update was released with policy...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. >>> RFA: SFY 2018 Telehealth Hub Grant (MHA-18-MEDDIR-Telehealthhub-028) As part of the implementation of Ohio’s 21st Century CURES Act initiative, the Ohio Department of Mental Health...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Several updates were announced at yesterday's EDI Work group at Medicaid. The full slide deck is available here. First, dependently licensed and unlicensed providers...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. OhioMHAS will be prioritizing funding to community behavioral health providers who indicate they will implement or expand workforce capacity associated with serving the...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Slides for today's EDI Workgroup at Medicaid are now available here. Couple of important pieces of information to note: 1. As of 07/17, we have...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC The Benefit and Services workgroup met July 11th and Greg Moody, Director at Ohio Governor's Office of Health Transformation and ODM introduced the latest...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC According to an article in the Columbus Dispatch, Nine of the 11 vetoes that state representatives voted to override in the state budget...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC The Columbus Dispatch posted an article detailing the actions taken by the Ohio House of Representatives yesterday stating Kasich claims legislature has left Medicaid...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Big day at the Ohio Statehouse. Representatives from agencies across Ohio gathered on the Statehouse steps to support Governor Kasich's veto on Medicaid...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Today I had the honor of providing testimony to the Senate Finance Committee on HB 49 in an effort to stress from a...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Governor Kasich used his line item veto power to remove 46 items from HB 49. Two, are very impactful to Healthcare and Behavioral...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Ohio Behavioral Health Redesign is delayed 6 months. Use that time to review your billing processes. Get a thorough Billing Evaluation from Behavioral...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Today we received an Urgent Advocacy request from the Northern Ohio Recovery Association (NORA) requesting assistance with the Ohio Biennial Budget Process. Please see...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC The Ohio Senate voted today on the revised budget released by the Conference Committee who met yesterday to review the House and Senate...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC A quick reminder that the New Wait List requirements for ALL Community Addiction Services Providers goes into effect July 1st, 2017. Waiting List Beginning July...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. We just received an Urgent Request from Ohio Council. Please review the critical points below. The Ohio General Assembly has entered the final phase...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Important info to be discussed at tomorrow's EDI Work-group meeting. Slides for the upcoming EDI work-group meeting scheduled for June 21st, 2017 11:30 am...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC The Ohio Council sent out detailed information to members pertaining to meetings held with JCARR Chairman Duffy on the proposed rules related to...
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Posted By Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. The Ohio Council announced today the statement below: "The Senate has maintained the six-month delay of both the new service coding changes and the...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. In a time, where Opioid Addiction and finding the best way to win the war is in the news every day, the OACBHA...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Additional policy updates were announced at the latest Benefit and Development work group held June 7th. I would like to highlight a couple...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. The Bi-weekly meeting of the Medicaid EDI work-group was held yesterday down at Ohio Medicaid. A few important things to note: 1. Ohio BH...
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"Did you know that Ohio Medicaid offers Batch 270 Eligibility Checking to Trading Partners at no additional charge? This means you can check your client's eligibility for up to...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Sent a letter to the Editorial section of several publications over the weekend..... Dear Editor, As the owner of a Behavioral Health Billing Consultation and...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC On May 25th, we received the email below from Ohio Council urging us to go and show our strength as agencies in Ohio...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC FINALLY, media coverage on delaying the Redesign....... The Akron Beacon Journal on May 20th, 2017 posted the editorial below. Thank Goodness the topic is...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Today, The Ohio Council of Behavioral Health & Family Services Providers released multiple important pieces of information about the importance of delaying the...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC This morning, I received an update from Capital Management of Ohio on testimony that occurred yesterday at the Senate Panel regarding HB49. One comment...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC On May 15th, 2017, Medicaid updated their list of Behavioral Health agencies in Ohio with or without Affiliated Providers. On this list, we...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC Ohio Behavioral Health Redesign Update! Today was the FINAL Behavioral Health Redesign Training 401 At this time, there are still many questions regarding the materials...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC On May 16th, The Ohio Council sent out a detailed summary of the proposed Ohio Budget. Key points on the MHAS Budget are listed...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions Important Updates on Ohio Behavioral Health Redesign from Ohio Medicaid Below are some links to updated information from Ohio Medicaid. The manual, new coding workbook...
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Director Barbara Sears provided testimony to the Senate Panel stating "She believed the state was ready to handle the redesign transition, but that the department will be ready for...
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Coverage of yesterday’s hearing by the Senate Finance Health and Medicaid Subcommittee on the behavioral health redesign language in HB 49. Software Vendors May Not be Ready!! David Turner, executive director...
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC. Bi-Weekly meeting occurred Wednesday, May 10th to discuss all issues related to EDI testing and more. For full slide deck, select the logo....
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Posted by Behavioral Health Billing Solutions, LLC New BH Redesign 401 and Prior Auth Trainings announced by OhioMHAS -Sign up TODAY
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Click on the Council logo to get the latest update from May 3rd, 2017 to all Council Members
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Click on the MITS BITS logo to see the latest MITS BITS detailing the testing process for Ohio BH Redesign.
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Select the Ohio Redesign Logo below to access the official Behavioral Heath Redesign Website!
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Get the latest info on the Ohio BH Redesign from the Medicaid website
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Director Plouk gave testimony before the Senate Finance SubCommittee on Health and Medicaid Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services FY 18-19 Budget May 4, 2017
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