PAYMENT FOR OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH SERVICES
§ 1153.51. General payment policy.
(a) Payment is made for medically necessary professional medical and psychiatric services provided by or under the supervision and direction of a psychiatrist by participating psychiatric outpatient clinics and psychiatric partial hospitalization outpatient facilities subject to the conditions and limitations established in this chapter and Chapters 1101 and 1150 (relating to general provisions; and MA Program payment policies) and the MA Program Fee Schedule.
(b) The Department will publish procedures for the use of tele-behavioral health to provide compensable psychiatric outpatient clinic or psychiatric partial hospitalization services in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
(c) Payment will not be made for a compensable psychiatric outpatient clinic, MMHT or psychiatric partial hospitalization outpatient service if payment is available from another public agency or another insurance or health program.
Authority The provisions of this § 1153.51 amended under section 201(2) of the Human Services Code (62 P.S. § 201(2)).
Source The provisions of this § 1153.51 adopted January 25, 1980, effective February 1, 1980, 10 Pa.B. 267; amended December 23, 1983, effective January 1, 1983, 13 Pa.B. 3932; amended September 30, 1988, effective October 1, 1988, 18 Pa.B. 4418; amended October 11, 2019, effective October 12, 2019, 49 Pa.B. 5943. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (348910) to (348911).
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