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Provider Manual

Provider Manual


Provider Manual Table of Contents

Revised: March 20, 2024
Revision(s): Added Targeted Case Management. Removed CW-TCM and Relocation Service Coordination—Targeted Case Management (RSC—TCM).

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Provider Basics

Provider Requirements

  • · Access Services
  • · Billing Organizations/Responsibilities
  • · Enroll with MHCP
  • · Excluded Provider Lists
  • · Provider Participation Requirements - Rule 101
  • · Provider Screening Requirements
  • · Risk Levels and Enrollment Verification Requirements
  • Health Care Programs and Services

  • · Emergency Medical Assistance (EMA)
  • · EMA Sample Scenarios
  • · End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
  • · Kidney Transplant Services
  • · MHCP Benefits at-a-glance
  • Managed Care Organizations (MCOs)

    Billing Policy (Overview)

  • · Billing the Member (Recipient)
  • · Medicare and Other Insurance
  • · Minnesota-defined U Modifiers
  • · Out of State Providers
  • · Paper Claim Submission Policies
  • · Payment Methodology - Hospital
  • · Payment Methodology - Non-Hospital
  • · Supplemental Payments – Non-Hospital and Hospital
  • Authorization

  • · Drug Authorizations
  • · MHCP Pharmacy Quick Reference
  • Acupuncture Services

    Ambulatory Surgical Services

    Anesthesia Services

    Behavioral Health Home Services

    Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC)

    Child and Teen Checkups (C&TC)

  • · Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • · C&TC Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Referral Coding Information
  • · Helpful Website Links
  • Chiropractic Services

    Clinic Services

  • · Federally Qualified Health Center and Rural Health Clinics
  • · FQHC and RHC Global Encounters for MCO Enrollees – Examples
  • Community Emergency Medical Technician (CEMT) Services

    Community Health Worker

    Community Paramedic Services

    Day Training & Habilitation (DT&H)

    Dental Services

  • · Adult Prophylaxis Criteria (PDF)
  • · Advanced Dental Therapist (ADT)
  • · Allied Oral Dental Health Professional (Overview)
  • · Authorization Requirement Tables for Children and Pregnant Women
  • · Authorization Requirement Tables for Non Pregnant Adults
  • · Collaborative Practice Dental Hygienists (was Limited Authorization Dental Hygienists)
  • · Critical Access Dental Payment Program
  • · Dental Benefits for Children and Pregnant Women
  • · Dental Benefits for Non-Pregnant Adults
  • · Dental Therapist (DT)
  • · Non-Dental Health Providers
  • Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) Benefit

  • · Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) Benefit Billing Grid (PDF)
  • · EIDBI) Managed Care Organization (MCO) Contact Information Grid (PDF)
  • Elderly Waiver and Alternative Care Program (EW and AC)

  • · Specialized Supplies & Equipment Authorization & Billing Responsibilities
  • Equipment and Supplies

  • · Airway Clearance Devices
  • · Allergen-Reducing Products for Children
  • · Ambulatory Assist Equipment
  • · Apnea Monitors
  • · Bath and Toilet Equipment
  • · Bone Growth Stimulators
  • · Diabetic Equipment and Supplies
  • · Electrical Stimulation Devices
  • · External Defibrillators
  • · Gloves
  • · Hospital Beds
  • · Humanitarian Use Devices
  • · Incontinence Products
  • · Lower Limb Prosthetics
  • · Mobility Devices
  • · Nebulizers
  • · Non-Mobility Equipment Repairs
  • · Nutritional Products and Related Supplies
  • Equipment and Supplies (continued)

  • · Orthopedic and Therapeutic Footwear
  • · Orthotics
  • · Oximeters
  • · Oxygen Contract Regions and Price Schedule (PDF)
  • · Oxygen Equipment
  • · Patient Lifts and Seat Lift Mechanisms
  • · Pneumatic Compression Devices
  • · Positioning Equipment
  • · Positive Airway Pressure for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • · Pressure Reducing Support Surfaces
  • · Respiratory Equipment
  • · Robotic Arms
  • · Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Lights
  • · Specialized Wound Treatment Technology
  • · Spirometers
  • · Standers
  • · Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator (TENS)
  • · Transfer and Mobility Device (TRAM)
  • · Ultraviolet Light Therapy Systems
  • · Urological and Bowel Supplies
  • Essential Community Supports (ECS)

    HCBS Waiver Services

  • · Billing for Waiver and Alternative Care (AC) Program
  • · Training Requirements
  • · Void (“Take-Back”) Waiver and Alternative Care (AC) Service Claims
  • Hearing Aid Services

  • · Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA)
  • · Cochlear Implants
  • · Hearing Aid Services Codes Table
  • Home Care Services

  • · Home Care Nursing (HCN) Services
  • · Home Health Aide Services
  • · Rehabilitation Therapy Services
  • · Skilled Nurse Visits (SNV) Services
  • Hospice Services

    Hospital Services

  • · Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Services
  • · Hospital In-reach Service Coordination (IRSC)
  • · Inpatient Hospital Authorization
  • · Inpatient Hospitalization for Detoxification Guidelines
  • · Inpatient Hospital Services
  • · Outpatient Hospital Services
  • Housing Stabilization Services

    Housing Support Supplemental Services

    Immunizations & Vaccinations

  • · Immunization and Vaccine Benefits Codes for Children
  • · Immunization and Vaccine Benefits Codes for Adults
  • Individualized Education Program (IEP) Services

    Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF/DDs)

    Lab/Pathology, Radiology & Diagnostic Services

  • · Authorization Criteria: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Coronary Arteries
  • · Coverage Criteria: Computed Tomography Colonography
  • · Laboratory/Pathology Services
  • · Laboratory Authorization Code List
  • · Radiology/Diagnostic Services
  • Medication Management Therapy Services

    Mental Health Services

  • · Adult and Children's Crisis Response Services
  • · Adult Day Treatment
  • · Adult Mental Health Targeted Case Management (AMH-TCM) and Children’s Mental Health Targeted Case Management (CMH-TCM)
  • · Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services (ARMHS)
  • · Adult Residential Crisis Stabilization Services (RCS)
  • · Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
  • · Certified Family Peer Specialist
  • · Certified Peer Specialist Services
  • · Children’s Mental Health Clinical Care Consultation
  • · Children’s Mental Health Residential Treatment
  • · Children’s Therapeutic Services and Supports (CTSS)
  • · Clinical Supervision of Outpatient Mental Health Services
  • · CTSS Children's Day Treatment
  • · Diagnostic Assessment
  • · Dialectical Behavior Therapy Intensive Outpatient Program (DBT IOP)
  • · Explanation of Findings
  • · Family Psychoeducation
  • · Functional Assessments
  • · General MHCP Non-Enrollable Mental Health Provider Requirements
  • · Health Behavior Assessment/Intervention
  • · Inpatient Visits
  • · Intensive Residential Treatment Services (IRTS)
  • · Children's Intensive Behavioral Health Services
  • · Level of Care Assessment
  • · Mental Health Diagnostic Code Ranges
  • · Mental Health Provider Travel Time
  • · MHCP Professional Certification & Enrollment Requirements
  • · Neuropsychological Services
  • · Partial Hospitalization Program
  • · Physician Consultation, Evaluation and Management
  • · Psychiatric Consultations to Primary Care Providers
  • · Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF)
  • · Psychological Testing
  • · Psychotherapy
  • · Psychotherapy for Crisis
  • · Telehealth Delivery of Mental Health Services
  • · Youth Assertive Community Treatment (Youth ACT)/Intensive Rehabilitative Mental Health Services (IRMHS)
  • Moving Home Minnesota

  • · Moving Home Minnesota Demonstration and Supplemental Services Table (PDF)
  • · Moving Home Minnesota Supported Employment Services (MHM SES)
  • Nursing Facilities

    Officer-Involved Community-Based Care Coordination Services

    Optical Services

    PCA Services

  • · Individual PCA Enrollment Criteria
  • Pharmacy Services

  • · 340B Drug Pricing Program
  • · Compound Drugs
  • · Drug Categories with Limited Coverage
  • · Home Infusion Therapy
  • · Long Term Care (LTC)
  • · Medicare
  • · Minnesota Covered Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) and Excipient List
  • · NCPDP Payer Sheets Guidelines
  • · Pharmacy Early-Refill Overrides
  • · Point of Sale Diabetic Testing Supply Program
  • · Pro-DUR Conflict Codes
  • · Quantity Dispensing Limits Table
  • Physician and Professional Services

  • · Gender-Affirming Surgery
  • · Transplant Authorization Code List
  • · Health Care Homes (HCH)
  • Program HH (HIV/AIDS) Services

  • · Program HH Dental Authorization Requirement Chart
  • Rehabilitation Services

  • · Audiology Services Procedure Codes
  • · Augmentative Communication Devices
  • · Casting & Strapping Services/Supplies
  • · Orthotic Procedures
  • · Rehabilitative and Therapeutic Services Authorization Criteria
  • · Rehabilitative Services Procedure Codes
  • Renal Dialysis

  • · Renal Dialysis Billing
  • Reproductive Health/OB-GYN

  • · Abortion Services
  • · Breast and Cervical Cancer (BRCA) Genetic Testing and Presumptive Eligibility Services
  • · Doula Services
  • · Family Planning
  • · Family Planning Codes with Increased Rates
  • · Free-Standing Birth Center Services
  • · Hysterectomy
  • · ICD-9 to ICD-10 Diagnosis Conversion Table
  • · Minnesota Family Planning Program (MFPP)
  • · Minnesota Family Planning Program (MFPP) Procedure Codes
  • · Obstetrics Services and HIV Counseling
  • · Sterilization
  • School-Based Community Services (SBCS)

    Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

    Substance Use Disorder Services (SUD)

  • · Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Withdrawal Management Services
  • · Telehealth Delivery of Substance Use Disorder Services
  • Targeted Case Management

    Transportation Services

  • · Nonemergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Services (Overview)
  • · Access Services Ancillary to Transportation
  • · Ambulance Transportation Services
  • · Ancillary Services Claim and Rate Information for Counties and Tribes
  • · Local County or Tribal Agency Nonemergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Transportation Services
  • · Local County or Tribal Agency Nonemergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Services Claim, Service, and Rate Information
  • · Protected Transportation Services
  • · State-Administered NEMT
  • · State-Administered Transportation Procedure Codes, Modifiers and Payment Rates
  • Tribal and Federal Indian Health Services

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