Questions to the Massachusetts Children Behavioral Health Initiative

1) Please clarify how an agency or provider can still input the CANS information on the virtual gateway when a parent has declined it, and still be available for viewing by the Departments of Mental and Public Healths and Mass Health.



2) If a clinician works for two different agencies, and is certified to do the CANS, will this individual be able to input CANS info on the virtual gateway with two different passcodes?



3) It is unclear to clinicians like myself who are still unsure about how to score the SED (Serious Emotional Disturbance) score. We were not trained on how to do this process. We were trained only on how to pass the test to be certified.



4) What will be the billing procedures for private practitioners like myself who give a CANS to an individual under 22 years of age? Will we get paid after the first administration of the CANS for subsequent assessments?



5) What happens if a parent declines intensive services for their child whose score qualifies them under SED?



6) What are the reimbursement rates for administrating the CANS?



Thank you,

Robbin Miller,LMHC
Private Practitioner
Facilitator for http://www.therapistsforchange.blogspot.com/