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9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

HANYS
One Empire Drive
George Allen Room A

HANYS will host a hospital-based training program on the implementation of Ambulatory Patient Groups (APGs) for Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) outpatient services. HANYS continues to work with the Department of Health (DOH), Office of Mental Health (OMH), and OASAS on the implementation of outpatient behavioral health APGs. For dually licensed hospital providers, DOH is anticipating an implementation date of October 1, 2010. At that time, all mental health, chemical dependency, and methadone clinics will begin using APGs.

Who should attend

• Directors of Behavioral Health
• Directors of Patient Accounts
• Directors of Reimbursement

What you will learn

Participants will understand:

• the new APG service categories; their clinical intent; and, any restrictions on what level of practitioner may deliver a particular service;
• Medicaid claim submission and billing rules under the APG payment methodology; and
• the OASAS APG Medicaid Revenue Calculator, an Excel spreadsheet tool developed to assist providers in projecting their Medicaid revenue for Part 822 Clinics and Part 828 Clinics during APG implementation.

Faculty

Department of Health staff

OASAS staff

Continuing Education Credits

There are not continuing education credits being offered with this program.

Registration

The online registration deadline for this program is August 1.

If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact Joan Stewart, Registration Coordinator, at jstewart@hanys.org, or by phone at (518) 431-7990.

If you have any questions regarding the content of the program, please contact Cindy Levernois, Senior Director, Behavioral Health and Workforce, at cleverno@hanys.org, or by phone at (518) 431-7744.

Materials

Program material will be provided at the meeting.