Behavioral Health Services Hotline Sample Clauses

Behavioral Health Services Hotline. This Section includes Member Hotline requirements. Requirements for Provider Hotlines are found in Section 8.1.4.7. The MCO must have an emergency and crisis Behavioral Health Services Hotline staffed by trained personnel 24 hours a day, seven (7) days a week, toll-free throughout the Service Area. Crisis hotline staff must include or have access to qualified Behavioral Health Services professionals to assess Behavioral Health emergencies. Emergency and crisis Behavioral Health Services may be arranged through mobile crisis teams. It is not acceptable for an emergency intake line to be answered by an answering machine. The MCO must operate a toll-free hotline as described in Section 8.1.5.6 to handle Behavioral Health-related calls. The MCO may operate one hotline to handle emergency and crisis calls and routine Member calls. The MCO cannot impose maximum call duration limits and must allow calls to be of sufficient length to ensure adequate information is provided to the Member. Hotline services must meet Cultural Competency requirements and provide linguistic access to all Members, including the interpretive services required for effective communication. The Behavioral Health Services Hotline may serve multiple MCO Programs if the Hotline staff is knowledgeable about all of the MCO Programs. The Behavioral Health Services Hotline may serve multiple Service Areas if the Hotline staff is knowledgeable about all such Service Areas, including the Behavioral Health Provider Network in each Service Area. The MCO must ensure that the toll-free Behavioral Health Services Hotline meets the following minimum performance requirements for all MCO Programs and Service Areas:
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Behavioral Health Services Hotline. (3 pages, plus 2 additional pages per additional MCO Program bid if the Respondent’s response differs by MCO Program; excluding telephone reports) The Behavioral Health Services Hotline requirements are described in Section 8.1.15.3. Describe the proposed Behavioral Health Services Hotline function, including:
Behavioral Health Services Hotline. The Contractor shall have an emergency and crisis Behavioral Health Services Hotline staffed by trained personnel twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, three hundred sixty-five (365) days a year, toll-free throughout the Commonwealth. Crisis hotline staff must include or have access to qualified Behavioral Health Services professionals to assess, triage and address specific behavioral health emergencies. Emergency and crisis Behavioral Health Services may be arranged through mobile crisis teams. Face to face emergency services shall be available twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week. The Behavioral Health Services Hotline shall not be answered by any automated means. The Contractor shall ensure that the toll-free Behavioral Health Services Hotline meets the following minimum performance requirements for all Contractor Programs:
Behavioral Health Services Hotline. If a Contractor has separate telephone lines for different Medicaid populations, the Contractor shall report performance for each individual line separately. The Contractor shall also provide access to medical advice and direction through a centralized toll- free call-in system, available twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week nationwide. The twenty-four/seven (24/7) call-in system shall be staffed by appropriately trained medical personnel. For the purposes of meeting this requirement, trained medical professionals are defined as physicians, physician assistants, licensed practical nurses, and registered nurses. The Contractor shall self-report their prior month performance in the three (3) areas listed above, call center abandonment rate, blockage rate and average speed of answer, for their Enrollee services and twenty-four/seven (24/7) hour toll-free medical call-in system to the Department. Appropriate foreign language and/or oral interpreters shall be provided by the Contractor and available free of charge and as necessary to ensure availability of effective communication regarding treatment, medical history, or health education and otherwise comply with 42 C.F.R. 438.10(d). Enrollee written materials shall be provided and printed in English, Spanish, and each Prevalent Non-English Language. Oral interpretation shall be provided for all non-English languages. The Contractor staff shall be able to respond to the special communication needs of the disabled, blind, deaf, and aged, and effectively interpersonally relate with economically and ethnically diverse populations. The Contractor shall provide ongoing training to its staff and Providers on matters related to meeting the needs of economically disadvantaged and culturally diverse individuals. The Contractor shall require that all Service Locations meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Commonwealth and local requirements pertaining to adequate space, supplies, sanitation, and fire and safety procedures applicable to health care facilities. The Contractor shall cooperate with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services’ independent ombudsman program, including providing immediate access to an Enrollee’s records when written Enrollee consent is provided. The Contractor’s Enrollee Services function shall also be responsible for:
Behavioral Health Services Hotline. The Contractor shall have an emergency and crisis Behavioral Health Services Hotline staffed by trained personnel twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, three hundred sixty-five (365) days a year, toll-free throughout Contractor’s regions. Crisis hotline staff must include or have access to qualified Behavioral Health Services professionals to assess, triage and address specific behavioral health emergencies. Emergency and crisis Behavioral Health Services may be arranged through mobile crisis teams. Face to face emergency services shall be available twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week. It is not acceptable for an intake line to be answered by an answering machine. The Contractor shall ensure that the toll-free Behavioral Health Services Hotline meets the following minimum performance requirements for all Contractor Programs and Service Areas:
Behavioral Health Services Hotline. This Section includes Hotline functions pertaining to Members. Requirements for Provider Hotlines are found in Section 8.1.4.7. The HMO must have an emergency and crisis Behavioral Health Services Hotline staffed by trained personnel 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, toll-free throughout the Service Area. Crisis hotline staff must include or have access to qualified Behavioral Health Services professionals to assess behavioral health emergencies. Emergency and crisis Behavioral Health Services may be arranged through mobile crisis teams. It is not acceptable for an emergency intake line to be answered by an answering machine. Contractual Document (CD) Responsible Office: HHSC Office of General Counsel (OGC) Subject: Attachment B-1 – HHSC Joint Medicaid/CHIP HMO RFP, Section 8 Version 1.0 The HMO must operate a toll-free hotline as described in Section 8.1.5.6 to handle Behavioral Health-related calls. The HMO may operate one hotline to handle emergency and crisis calls and routine Member calls. The HMO cannot impose maximum call duration limits and must allow calls to be of sufficient length to ensure adequate information is provided to the Member. Hotline services must meet Cultural Competency requirements and provide linguistic access to all Members, including the interpretive services required for effective communication. The Behavioral Health Services Hotline may serve multiple HMO Programs Hotline staff is knowledgeable about all of the HMO Programs. The Behavioral Health Services Hotline may serve multiple Service Areas if the Hotline staff is knowledgeable about all such Service Areas, including the Behavioral Health Provider Network in each Service Area. The HMO must ensure that the toll-free Behavioral Health Services Hotline meets the following minimum performance requirements for all HMO Programs and Service Areas:

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