MOABA is an organization founded to support and promote scientific research on basic principles of behavior and the effective and ethical application of those principles.
Save the Date: Our next Annual Conference
will be on November 17-18, 2017 in St. Louis
News
MO HealthNet Behavioral Health Manual Update
Updates have been made to the MO HealthNet Behavioral Health Manual. The manual is posted on the web at: manuals.momed.com/manuals/.
Information about CPT codes from the ABA Services Steering Committee
Re: Medically Unlikely Edits of some Category III CPT Codes for Adaptive Behavior Services
As part of Gov Greitens executive order 17-03, the Behavior Analyst Advisory Board is asking for your comments on its existing rules. These comments will be accepted online on an ongoing basis, with the intention of gathering a majority of comments by December 15, 2017.
GO TO renew.pr.mo.gov/ba-proposed.asp TO SUBMIT COMMENTS ON-LINE.
The BEHAVIOR ANALYST ADVISORY BOARD will also hold public hearings on our rules to allow licensees and consumers to talk directly to members of the BEHAVIOR ANALYST ADVISORY BOARD. These public input sessions will be held:
• September 6, 2017, as part of the BAAB open meeting agenda
Adams Pointe Conference Center, 1400 NE Coronado Drive, Blue Springs, MO 64014
• November 14, 2017, as part of the BAAB open meeting agenda
Courtyard Marriott, 3527 W Kearney Street, Springfield, MO 65803
Individuals providing comments will be asked to sign-in and limit their comments to five (5) minutes. Prepared written comments are appreciated but not required.
Behavior Analyst Advisory Board
renew.pr.mo.gov
The Missouri Division of Professional Registration is comprised of 38 professional boards that are responsible for safeguarding public health, safety and welfare.
There's space available in the MO Behavior Analyst Advisory Board's Ethics for Behavior Analysts Workshop on Sept. 5 and 6 in Blue Springs, MO.
pr.mo.gov/boards/ba/BAEthicsWorkshop.pdf
Effective for dates of services on or after July 1, 2017, the MO HealthNet Division (MHD) Fee-For-Service maximum allowable rates are reduced by approximately three percent (3%) for Behavioral Health Services, including applied behavior analysis. These changes are due to reductions included in the Fiscal Year 2018 budget.
dss.mo.gov/mhd/providers/pdf/bulletin40-05_2017July17.pdf
Please find attached for your review the draft “Request for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Precertification Form” Bulletin. Please note the hyperlink in the bulletin is not yet active. It will be added once the new form is posted online. Please submit any comments for consideration via email to Chelsa.L.Blair@dss.mo.gov. Comments will be accepted through end of day July 3, 2017.
MOABA is an organization founded to support and promote scientific research on basic principles of behavior and the effective and ethical application of those principles.
Save the Date: Our next Annual Conference
will be on November 17-18, 2017 in St. Louis
Invited Speakers
Florence DiGennaro Reed, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Raymond Miltenberger, Ph.D., BCBA-D
News
MO HealthNet Behavioral Health Manual Update
Updates have been made to the MO HealthNet Behavioral Health Manual. The manual is posted on the web at: manuals.momed.com/manuals/.
Information about CPT codes from the ABA Services Steering Committee
Re: Medically Unlikely Edits of some Category III CPT Codes for Adaptive Behavior Services
As part of Gov Greitens executive order 17-03, the Behavior Analyst Advisory Board is asking for your comments on its existing rules. These comments will be accepted online on an ongoing basis, with the intention of gathering a majority of comments by December 15, 2017.
GO TO renew.pr.mo.gov/ba-proposed.asp TO SUBMIT COMMENTS ON-LINE.
The BEHAVIOR ANALYST ADVISORY BOARD will also hold public hearings on our rules to allow licensees and consumers to talk directly to members of the BEHAVIOR ANALYST ADVISORY BOARD. These public input sessions will be held:
• September 6, 2017, as part of the BAAB open meeting agenda
Adams Pointe Conference Center, 1400 NE Coronado Drive, Blue Springs, MO 64014
• November 14, 2017, as part of the BAAB open meeting agenda
Courtyard Marriott, 3527 W Kearney Street, Springfield, MO 65803
Individuals providing comments will be asked to sign-in and limit their comments to five (5) minutes. Prepared written comments are appreciated but not required.
Behavior Analyst Advisory Board
renew.pr.mo.gov
The Missouri Division of Professional Registration is comprised of 38 professional boards that are responsible for safeguarding public health, safety and welfare.
There's space available in the MO Behavior Analyst Advisory Board's Ethics for Behavior Analysts Workshop on Sept. 5 and 6 in Blue Springs, MO.
pr.mo.gov/boards/ba/BAEthicsWorkshop.pdf
Effective for dates of services on or after July 1, 2017, the MO HealthNet Division (MHD) Fee-For-Service maximum allowable rates are reduced by approximately three percent (3%) for Behavioral Health Services, including applied behavior analysis. These changes are due to reductions included in the Fiscal Year 2018 budget.
dss.mo.gov/mhd/providers/pdf/bulletin40-05_2017July17.pdf
Please find attached for your review the draft “Request for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Precertification Form” Bulletin. Please note the hyperlink in the bulletin is not yet active. It will be added once the new form is posted online. Please submit any comments for consideration via email to Chelsa.L.Blair@dss.mo.gov. Comments will be accepted through end of day July 3, 2017.