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 […]
February 2024 Changes to 42 CFR Part 2
Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released an update to 42 CFR Part 2. A fact sheet was made available on 2/8/24 and the full regulation text […]
Accounting for Travel and Documentation Time in Progress Notes
Although time spent completing travel and documentation are no longer components of billable time, it is crucial to future rate-setting efforts to include this information on every progress note. Travel […]
Addressing Old Timeliness Documents
Protocol History: On July 1, 2023, when most counties went live with SmartCare, timeliness data was being captured differently than it is currently. There was a CSI Standalone Assessment document, […]
Medication Consents
CalMHSA has worked with Manatt to determine what are the legal requirements for medication consents. These recommendations are specific to consents for medications and not general informed consent/consent to treat. The […]
SNOMED CT vs. ICD-10
SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms) and ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition) are both vital coding systems used in healthcare, but they serve distinct purposes […]
Access Programs and 42 CFR
CalMHSA has heard concerns from counties about the Inquiries screen not being protected by CDAG, as they feel that requests for services that come to their Access Line should be […]
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Billing FFPSA Using the HV Modifier
BHIN 21-062 provides directions on how to claim for Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) services. There are two instances that when counties can bill for services: Services provided by […]