How do I know if I am eligible to provide one of the new services?

Please refer to the table found on this page and the draft rules for additional information about documentation necessary for addition of each of the new specialties.

Specialty

Delivery System(s)

Description

Provider Types for Specialty Addition

Required Documentation

ORC – CANS Assessor

Ohio Medicaid Managed Care Organizations:

  • AmeriHealth Caritas Ohio
  • Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
  • Buckeye Community Health Plan
  • CareSource Ohio
  • Humana Healthy Horizons in Ohio
  • Molina Healthcare of Ohio
  • United HealthCare Community Plan of Ohio

OhioRISE (Aetna Better Health of Ohio)

Fee-for-Service

Ohio Children’s Initiative CANS assessors certified through the Praed Foundation who have completed live Ohio Children’s Initiative CANS training

For more information, visit the OhioRISE CANS Resources page

Rendering Provider Type:**

  • Physician
  • Physician Assistant
  • Social Worker
  • Non-Agency RN/LPN
  • Psychologists/School Psychologist
  • Clinical Counselor
  • Marriage and Family Therapist
  • Chemical Dependency Counselor
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
  • Nurse Practitioner (NP)
  • Paraprofessional
  • Care Management Specialist

Billing Provider Type:

  • Hospital
  • Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF)

Praed Foundation certification in the Ohio Children’s Initiative CANS

ORM – MRSS

*Please note: due to OhioMHAS certification activities occurring later this spring and summer, providers may need to add the MRSS specialty in the PNM portal on or after July 1 (see ‘What’s next?’ in the email message).

Ohio Medicaid Managed Care Organizations

OhioRISE (Aetna Better Health of Ohio)

Fee-for-Service

MRSS agencies with appropriate certification from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS)

OAC 5160-27-13

Billing Provider Type:

  • Community Mental Health Agency
  • SUD Agency
  • Hospital

MRSS Certification from OhioMHAS

 

847 – IHBT (includes IHBT, MST, and FFT)

Prior to July 1:

Ohio Medicaid Managed Care Organizations

Fee-for-Service Medicaid

Beginning July 1: OhioRISE (Aetna Better Health of Ohio)

Entities with current IHBT certification from OhioMHAS

OAC 5160-27-05

OAC 5160-59-03.3

Billing Provider Type:

  • Community Mental Health Agency
  • Hospital

IHBT Certification from OhioMHAS

OAC 5122-29-28

ORE – OhioRISE Care Management Entity (CME)

*Please note, a separate communication about adding the CME specialty will be sent directly to selected CMEs.

OhioRISE (Aetna Better Health of Ohio)

OhioRISE CMEs contracted with the OhioRISE plan to provide Care Coordination services

OAC 5160-59-03.2

Billing Provider Type:

  • Community Mental Health Agency
  • Professional Medical Group
  • Waivered Services Organization (Care Management Entity)

Documentation of selection/contracting with the OhioRISE plan (Aetna Better Health of Ohio) to provide CME services

OHR – OhioRISE BH Respite and OhioRISE Waiver Transitional Services and Supports (TSS) 

OhioRISE (Aetna Better Health of Ohio)

Providers contracted with the OhioRISE plan to provide Behavioral Health Respite services

OAC 5160-59-03.4

Billing Provider Type:

  • Community Mental Health Agency
  • SUD Agency
  • Waivered Services Organization (DODD community respite)
  • Waivered Services Individual (includes DODD certified informal respite providers)
  • Non-Agency Personal Care Aid (includes DODD certified informal respite providers, family/natural supports, foster care)

Attestation statement that the provider is contracting with the OhioRISE plan (Aetna Better Health of Ohio) to provide BH respite and/or TSS services

Providers contracted with the OhioRISE plan to provide OhioRISE Waiver TSS

OAC 5160-59-05.2

Billing Provider Type:

  • Community Mental Health Agency
  • SUD Agency
  • Waivered Services Organization (DODD homemaker/personal care services)
  • Waivered Services Individual (DODD homemaker/personal care services)
  • Non-Agency Personal Care Aid (DODD homemaker/personal care services)

Rendering Provider Type (if not employed by the above entities):

  • Independent behavioral health practitioners

ORR – OhioRISE Waiver Out of Home Respite

OhioRISE (Aetna Better Health of Ohio)

Entities contracted with the OhioRISE plan to provide OhioRISE Waiver Out of Home Respite

OAC 5160-59-05.1

Billing Provider Type:

  • Community Mental Health Agency (Class 1 Residential Facility)
  • Non-State Operated ICF/IDD
  • PRTF
  • Waivered Services Organization (Community Respite)

Attestation statement that the provider is contracted with the OhioRISE plan (Aetna Better Health of Ohio) to provide Out-of-Home Respite services

*Required documentation refers to documentation submitted specific to the specialty being requested. Providers must also provide documentation specific to the provider type under which they enroll in Ohio Medicaid

**Must be affiliated with a Community Mental Health Agency, SUD Agency, or Care Management Entity (CME) or be an independent behavioral health practitioner, in accordance with OAC 5160-8-05