Required Notifications and Reports

(A) Annual Report. Each community behavioral health center must submit a completed annual report, on forms furnished by the MassHealth agency, and file them with the MassHealth agency annually. The report must include at minimum (1) a statement that the program has reviewed and updated as necessary its written policies and procedures during the reporting period. Each program must provide a copy of the program’s written policies and procedures as requested by the MassHealth agency; (2) a list of Center Administrative and Clinical Management Staff identified in 130 CMR 448.413(C) that includes the following information: staff name, license number, type of license, and board certification, if applicable, and a list of the clinical supervisor for any clinical staff who are unlicensed or independently licensed; (3) a statement describing the current language capacities, capacity to provide services to specialized populations, and utilization of trauma-informed modalities of the center; (4) written attestation that the center is in compliance with 130 CMR 448.000; and (5) any other information that the MassHealth agency may request. (B) For each CANS assessment conducted, each center must report data collected during the assessment to the MassHealth agency, in the manner and format specified by the MassHealth agency. (C) Adverse Incident Reports. Each center must report adverse incidents to the MassHealth agency within 24 hours of discovery of the incident, or, if the incident occurs on a holiday or weekend, on the next business day, in a format specified by the MassHealth agency. (D) Each center must inform the MassHealth agency within 15 days of any citation or loss of licensure or accreditation issued to the center by another agency, including but not limited to the Department of Public Health, an out of state provider’s relevant state licensing agency, The Joint Commission, or the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), or changes to or loss of Medicare participation and enrollment. (E) Each center must comply with all reporting requirements that may pertain to the practice, facility, or staffing of the center as directed by the MassHealth agency.