REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
November 16, 2021
FROM
VERONICA KELLEY, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT
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Department of Behavioral Health's Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services Published Charges
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve Department of Behavioral Health's Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal specialty mental health services Published Charges for Federal reimbursement, effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
(Presenter: Veronica Kelley, Director, 388-0801)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This item does not impact Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The Department of Behavioral Health's (DBH) Published Charges apply to all Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal (SD/MC) eligible specialty mental health services and represent the allowable interim rates that DBH may claim for federal reimbursement from the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
DHCS provides annual updates to its county interim rates and requires DBH to obtain Board of Supervisors' (Board) approval of DBH's Published Charges for SD/MC specialty mental health services. The proposed 2021-22 Published Charges will be uniformly applied in DBH's Electronic Health Records system to all insurers, patients and Medi-Cal payers, and will be utilized to claim for the allowable interim reimbursement for services provided beginning July 1, 2021.
In 1957, the Short-Doyle Act was passed by California legislation requiring counties to ensure the delivery of mental health services utilizing a system of county operating contract providers. Through the SD/MC expansion, expenses for certain specialty mental health services incurred by the County are eligible to receive federal reimbursement. SD/MC specialty mental health services are provided to Sa...
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