Alameda County Behavioral Health Memos and Notices

Memos and other notifications from QA including agency policy & compliance updates.


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 2017
  2017-40 Policy, procedure & protocol changes to be implemented no later than 3/1/18
Highly Recommended January and February Trainings regarding ACHBCS policy, procedure, and protocol changes
  2017-39 New Clinical Documentation Standards
  2017-38 Revised Outpatient and CSU/PES Medi-Cal Included Diagnoses Lists and Crosswalk
  2017-37 Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Medical Chart Auditing
  2017-36 Annual Fire Clearance Requirement for School- Based Providers of Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services
  2017-35 QA Technical Assistance Update Effective 12-1-17
  2017-34 New DHCS Notices Re: SUD Services
  2017-33 Closing Episodes with No Activity/Service >90 days
  2017-32 Implementation of CA BBS Title Change (“Intern” to “Associate”): MFT and PCC Interns - 11/16/2017
  2017-31 Clinical Psychiatric Pharmacist Scope of Pracitce for Medication Therapy Management - 8/30/2017
  2017-30 CA DHCS MH INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 17-040 - 8/30/2017
  2017-29 MHSUDS INFORMATION NOTICE NO.: 17-040 - 8/24/2017
  2017-28 ACBHCS SUD Program Certification Requirement - 8/11/2017
  2017-27 Updated ACBHCS Specialty MH Services (SMHS) FAQ’s - 8/8/2017
  2017-26 Quarter 3 - 2016 System of Care Audit Executive Summary and Report - 07/20/2017
  2017-25 DHCS State FY 16-17 county Monitoring Report- SUD Programs - 06/20/2017
  2017-24 Updated Mental Health Assessment Forms - 06/14/2017
  2017-23 MH Progress Note - 06/08/2017
  2017-22 Client Plan (aka Treatment Plan) - 06/08/2017
  2017-21 MH Initial Assessment - Short Form - 06/08/2017
  2017-20 MH Initial or Annual Assessment - Long Form - 06/08/2017
  2017-19 Lock out - Recoupment - FAQs Memo - 05/16/2017
  2017-18 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SO/GI) Data Collection Intake and Assessment Proces - 05/16/2017
  2017-17 Quality Assurance Technical Assistance Contacts - Revised May 4, 2017
  2017-16 Corrective Action Plan – CAP- Drug Medi-Cal BHCS Procedures Memo February, 2017
  2017-15 Revisions to the 2/22/17 Final ICD-10 Implementation Memo with supporting documents
  2017-14 DHCS Triennial Audit Preliminary Results
  2017-13 ICD-10 Final Implementation Memo 2-22-17
  2017-12 FINAL DSM-IV to DSM-5 Included Dx-Outpt Crosswalk by DSM Chapter - revised 3-13-17
  2017-11 INSYST UPDATE V010-02FEB2017
  2017-10 QA_Tech_Asst_contacts_110716
  2017-09 GMC_codes
  2017-08 2-22-17 ACBHCS MH Inpatient Included Medi-Cal Dx List alpha by DSM Names
  2017-07 2-22-17 SUD Included DSM-5 to ICD-10 Crosswalk_alpha by DSM-5 description
  2017-06 2-22-17 SUD Included DSM-5 to ICD-10 Crosswalk_numeric by ICD-10
  2017-05 MH Outpatien Included Medi-Cal Dx List numeric by ICD-10 Codes - revised 3-13-17
  2017-04 MH Outpatien Included Medi-Cal Dx List alpha by DSM Name - revised 3-13-17
  2017-03 2-22-17 ACBHCS MH Inpatient Included Medi-Cal Dx List numeric by ICD-10 Codes
  2017-02 ACBHCS PsychoSocialDx by DSM Name
  2017-01 ACBHCS PsychoSocial Dx by ICD-10 Code