Special Populations and How to Use Them
Overview Client data is often broken down by numerous data points, such as demographics, diagnosis, services and programs. Special populations were created to be able to meta-tag clients outside of […]
Contingency Management – Recovery Incentives Program’s Quarterly Progress Report
BHIN 23-40, published on Aug. 18, 2023, provides guidance for the Recovery Incentives Program: California’s Contingency Management Benefit. This includes tracking and monitoring efforts. DHCS recently provided a draft BHIN […]
New Functionality: Reasons for Declining to Cosign
With the March 2024 MSP, Streamline released new functionality related to cosigning documents. Cosigners can now document the reason they are declining to sign a document and the author will […]
Evidence-Based Practice Tracking
DMC-ODS DMC-ODS plans are required to implement at least two evidenced-based treatment practices (EBPs) according to the county-specific DMC-ODS County Implementation Plan (DMC-ODS Intergovernmental Agreement). The two EBPs are per […]
CalMHSA’s Change Process
CalMHSA’s statewide electronic health record project was created to standardize clinical forms and practices across counties. CalMHSA works to address state initiatives for all involved counties, instead of each county […]
When a Provider Leaves: Unfinished Clinical Documentation
What to do when a provider departs without finishing clinical documentation (not including progress notes) Some documents, such as CalAIM Assessments, state reporting records, or client legal documents, can be […]
BHIN 24-005: Mobile Narcotic Treatment Programs
On 1/4/24, DHCS published BHIN 24-005, which instituted the minimum requirements for the operation of mobile narcotic treatment programs, or Mobile NTPs. If your county has opted to run a […]
BHIN 23-059: Justice Involved Reentry Initiative
On 11/13/2023, DHCS published BHIN 23-059 in response to Assembly Bill (AB) 133, which instituted the Medi-Cal Justice Involved Reentry Initiative. This BHIN is the guide to this initiative, which […]
How to Track AB 109 Clients in SmartCare
Assembly Bill (AB) 109 shifted the responsibility for monitoring, tracking, and incarcerating low level offenders from state prisons to county correctional offices. This shifts rehabilitation from being done in correctional […]
Editing Signed Documents When You Are Not the Author
In SmartCare, there is a setting to determine a document type is editable by non-authors. This means that if the author has signed the document, someone who is not the […]