November 13, 2025

Following are this week’s updates. If you have questions, please contact [email protected]. 

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Updated Invoice Generators Available on Website

New versions of the SMHS, DMC, and DMC-ODS invoice generators are now available on the CalMHSA website under Contract Provider Invoicing Process.  

Key updates: 

To align with changes in DHCS’s service table, the minutes per rate have been adjusted for the following billing codes: 

• 96202 – Increased from 15 to 60 minutes 

• 97552 – Increased from 15 to 45 minutes* 

• G0543 – Increased from 15 to 45 minutes* 

* 45 minutes was selected based on the average of the minimum and maximum duration.  

DMC state and DMC-ODS specific updates: 

• Other Qualified Provider has been added under the OTHER Degree grouping in the Outpatient Hourly Rate tab. This degree will now generate rates for eligible procedures based on DHCS’s service tables. 

• Naltrexone has been added to the NTP Rates tab. 

C-SSRS Updates: County Action Needed

Having identified the inability to complete a C-SSRS document when a client refuses to finish their screening, CalMHSA has been working on adding an “unable to finish” checkbox on the C-SSRS forms in SmartCare

 As part of this effort, we have requested that any in-progress C-SSRS document be refreshed to include this checkbox once the development is deployed. That will allow finalization of historical in-progress documents without needing to re-enter the data. 

In its review of the C-SSRS documents, Streamline identified core documents and custom documents. They will be updating only the core documents. They also found that some counties have used the “C-SSRS Adult Screener,” a custom document; however, the “C-SSRS Adult Screeners (core)” is the corresponding core document. Since only core documents are being updated, we ask that counties review existing in-progress “C-SSRS Adult Screener” documents and move them over to the “C-SSRS Adult Screeners (core)” document.   

The number of these documents should be small enough to accommodate manual changes. Once these migrations have been completed, the custom document will be deactivated.

Because we don’t yet have an ETA for deployment of this development, the document has not been deactivated. The name of the custom document has been changed to include “custom” to help clinicians ensure they’re selecting the correct document. Permissions have been updated to ensure the core document is available to both LPHAs and non-LPHAs, and we have granted permissions to Sys Admins and medical records/QA. No action is needed for completed, signed versions of this document. Completed documents will not be impacted.