Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Medical Assistance Services
 
Board
Board of Medical Assistance Services
 
chapter
Amount, Duration, and Scope of Medical and Remedial Care and Services [12 VAC 30 ‑ 50]
Action Mental Health Skill-building Services
Stage Final
Comment Period Ended on 7/27/2016
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7/25/16  10:24 am
Commenter: Zizi LoFaro, LPC

MHSS Unit Cap
 

I urge the reconsideration of the 2 unit per day cap on MHSS due to the negative impact it will have on clients, especially in rural areas. While 5 + hour sessions should be rare, there are a number of circumstances that would justify working with a client for five hours. Service coordination, heightened client needs, and crisis situations do arise in the populaiton served by MHSS and  may require more than 5 hours of service. Please consider monitoring frequent 3 unit a day billing through targeted audits rather than capping the service at 2 units a day.

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