Early Intervention Program Services

(A) An early intervention program provides services such as therapy and social, medical, educational, and developmental services for children aged three years or younger who are at biological, environmental, or established risk, and for their families. (B) The MassHealth agency pays for services provided as part of an organized early intervention program by hospital outpatient departments. These services must be furnished in compliance with the MassHealth regulations governing early intervention program services in 130 CMR 440.000: Early Intervention Program Services. (See Subchapter 5 of the Outpatient Hospital Manual for instructions about obtaining the Early Intervention Program Manual, which contains the necessary regulations.) (C) Acute and nonacute hospital-based early intervention programs are paid according to the regulations governing early intervention services in 130 CMR 440.000: Early Intervention Program Services.