March 28, 2024
One of the comprehensive funding bills for the federal government enacted in recent weeks, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024 (Pub. L. No. 118-122), contains a provision that creates a permanent State plan [...]
February 21, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently issued updated guidance on implementing Prospective Payment Systems (PPS) for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs). This revised CMS guidance aligns with [...]
September 12, 2023
FTLF Partner Susannah Vance Gopalan recently presented at the Information Technology Solutions Management for Human Resources (ISM) and Public Human Services Attorneys (PHSA) Education Conference held in Kissimmee, FL, on September 11, [...]
April 3, 2023
The month of March brought several significant new developments for the certified community behavioral health clinic (CCBHC) program. CCBHCs are outpatient safety-net behavioral health providers that, among a variety of program requirements, [...]
October 10, 2022
FTLF Partner Susannah Vance Gopalan will present at the American Association of Health and Human Services Attorneys (AAHHSA) 2022 Annual Education Conference in Columbus, OH, on October 11, 2022. Ms. Gopalan and [...]
July 5, 2022
On June 25, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, Pub. L. No. 117-159. In addition to adding new gun control requirements, including measures relating to background checks [...]
May 19, 2016
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) can contract with designated collaborating organizations (DCOs) to provide services they do not directly offer, including primary care screening and monitoring, targeted case management, psychiatric rehabilitation [...]
March 16, 2016
FTLF Partner, Susannah Vance Gopalan, was quoted in Mental Health Weekly on March 14. Susannah discussed her March 7 session during the National Council for Behavioral Health Conference in Las Vegas learned about [...]
February 25, 2016
Each CCBHC will have a unique rate that is based on its allowable costs established in a base year. The rate is defined as follows: Total annual allowable CCBHC costs _____________________________________ Total number [...]
February 25, 2016
Under a “Prospective Payment System” methodology, as that term is used in the Medicaid and Medicare programs, payment is made according to a predetermined, fixed amount per unit of service. Under some PPS systems, [...]