Mental Health Individual Providers (MHIP) (Formerly known as MHP MHIP)

Are you a Mental Health Therapist and Interested in Working with the Alameda County Behavioral Health Department?

If yes, you’ve come to the right place to learn about and consider joining our Mental Health Individual Provider (MHIP) Network. The MHIP is a pool of mental health providers such as Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors, Licensed Clinical Psychologists and Physicians who contract with the Alameda County Behavioral Health Department (ACBHD) to provide outpatient mental health services to individuals eligible for County Behavioral Health services, primarily Medi-Cal beneficiaries. Importantly, outpatient mental health providers are a critical part of the larger service continuum available to beneficiaries eligible for ACBHD as the County Mental Health Plan (MHP).

ACBHD Encourages Licensed Providers (You) to Apply!

ACBHD and eligible beneficiaries benefit from a robust network of qualified Mental Health providers, like you. We especially encourage you to identify an expertise to bring to the pool, such eating disorder treatment, language capacity, or treatment of children and/or youth. Also, we encourage you to specify your geographic service area, whether specific to one County region such as South County, or specifying if you are able to provide services County wide, either through multiple locations or virtually. Most importantly, ACBHD welcomes you to explore the application process and submit your application when ready. Our team members are standing by to support you through the process and we thank you in advance for joining our Mental Health Provider pool!

Mental Health Individual Provider (MHIP) Contracting Process
The MHIP Contracting Process provides a brief overview of how to join the network and complete the required onboarding steps in alignment with Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) guidelines.


QA Updates

Provider Handbook  

• Provider Handbook

Utilization Tables  

• MHS MHIP Eating Disorder Services Utilization Table
• Utilization Table for Mental Health Individual Providers Individual and Organizational Providers- Effective July 1, 2024 - 9/3/24

Memos  

Training  

• Mental Health Individual Providers providers will be required to conduct a Clinical Quality Review Team (CQRT) process
  An online training for CQRT is available.
  Recorded Presentation
  

• Mental Health Individual Providers Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Code Training
  Description:The CalAIM Payment Reform initiative, rolling out on July 1, 2023, changes the way most providers claim for services, requiring the use of CPT codes in many instances. The training is a review of some of the changes related to this initiative, as well as basic concepts relevant to the use of CPT codes.
  Offered: September 2023
  Recorded Presentation
  Presentation Slides

• Mental Health Individual Providers Mock CQRT Training
  Description:This training is a review of the Clinical Quality Review Team (CQRT) process and requirements for Mental Health Individual Providers providers.
  Offered: April 2023
  Recorded Presentation 
  Presentation Slides

• Mental Health Individual Providers CalAIM Documentation Training
  Description:This training is a review of changes to Medi-Cal documentation requirements resulting from California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM).
  Offered: April 2023
  Recorded Presentation
  Presentation Slides 

• Mental Health Individual Providers Outpatient Therapy Provider Virtual Meeting
  Description: During the meeting, staff from ACBH ACCESS, Contracts, Billing and Benefits, QA and UM answered questions.
  Click here to view the recording.

• Upcoming Changes to the MHS Mental Health Individual Providers Outpatient Therapy Level of Care. 
  Description: This training series consists of two recorded trainings focused on the upcoming changes to the ACBH MHIP 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.

• How to Verify Medi-Cal Eligibility to Ensure Claims Processing
  Description: Eligibility training packet that will explain how to log into the state system, how to look-up eligibility, and examples of responses and what they mean.
  Click here to view the training presentation.

Clinical Templates  

• Progress Notes: PDF | Word (DOCX) - POSTED 6/18/2026
• Mental Health Assessment: PDF | Word (DOCM) - POSTED 6/24/2026
• Problem List: PDF | Word (DOCX) - POSTED 4/24/2026

CQRT  

• CQRT Checklist- Mental Health Individual Providers - UPDATED 7/9/2026
• CQRT Glossary- Mental Health Individual Providers - POSTED 4/25/2023
• CQRT Procedures Post Cal-AIM (link to the QA manual 8-2) - POSTED 4/25/2023
• CQRT Tracking Tool (link to the QA manual 8-2D) - POSTED 4/25/2023
• CQRT Electronic Health Record Attestation form (link to the QA manual 8-2E) - POSTED 4/25/2023

Forms  

• Adult/Older Adult Outpatient Level of Care Determination Tool for MHIP Providers
• Brief Application – Seeking licensed mental health providers/practitioners to provide services to Alameda County residents
• 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 MHIP Providers

What’s New  

• FY 23/24 Contract Changes
• MHP MHIP Provider Procedure Code Crosswalk FY 23/24

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