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Mental Health Plan (MHP) Fee-for-Service (FFS) Providers

   

What is the MHP FFP Provider Network?
The MHP FFS Provider Network is a pool of mental health providers/practitioners such as Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors, Licensed Clinical Psychologists, and Physicians who contract with Alameda County Behavioral Health Services (ACBH) to provide outpatient mental health services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and other safety net populations in Alameda County.

MHP FFS Providers Needed
ACBH has an immediate need for qualified individual providers/practitioners to provide outpatient eating disorder treatment and individual providers/practitioners who have certain language capacity and/or have an outpatient office in South County or the Tri-Valley areas of Alameda County, to provide services to children, youth, and adults who are eligible for mental health benefits under Alameda County’s Mental Health Plan.

Please see the attached announcements for details.


Utilization Tables  


Memos  

  2022-03 2022-03 Recorded Trainings and Live Virtual Meeting to Address Changes to FFS Outpatient Therapy Level of Care - 11/21/22
  2022-02 2022-02 How to Verify Medi-Cal Eligibility to Ensure Claims Processing - 6/13/22
  2022-01 2022-01 Feedback Needed to Develop Operational Changes for FFS SMHS Outpatient Services - 5/2/22

Training  

  • Fee For Service Outpatient Therapy Provider Virtual Meeting
    During the meeting, staff from ACBH ACCESS, Contracts, Billing and Benefits, QA and UM answered questions.
    Click here to register and view the recorded meeting.
  • Memo To FFS Providers: Recorded Trainings and Live Virtual Meeting to Address Changes to FFS Outpatient Therapy Level of Care
    Please review the memo to FFS Providers. Click here to view the training presentation slides.
    This training series consists of two pre-recorded trainings focused on the upcoming changes to the ACBH FFS outpatient therapy level of care. Each video is approximately 30 minutes.
    • The first video includes an overview of the changes along with information from Contracts, ACCESS and Insurance Verification information.
    • The second video includes information from Quality Assurance, Utilization Management and the Claims Processing Center.
  • Memo To FFS Providers: How to Verify Medi-Cal Eligibility to Ensure Claims Processing
    Please review the memo to FFS Providers. Click here to view the training presentation.
  • Memo To FFS Providers: Feedback Needed To Develop Changes For FFS SMHS Outpatient Services
    Please review the memo to FFS Providers regarding upcoming changes to this level of care and opportunities for Providers to participate in the development of these changes.

Clinical Templates  


CQRT  


Forms  

  • MHP FFS Provider Handbook
  • Provider Update Form – Use this form to updated BHCS of changes such as:
    • your location/address
    • email, phone, or fax
    • name
    • a change to status with any licensing/oversight board that may impact your ability to provide, claim or be reimbursed for specialty mental health services
  • Voluntary Disenrollment Form – Use this form to voluntarily dis-enroll from the MHP FFS Providers


FAQs  

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