Admission

Admission The Division of Medicaid covers PRTF services when a child does not require emergency or acute psychiatric care but does require supervision and treatment on a twenty-four (24) hour basis. A. A board-certified child/adolescent psychiatrist or a psychiatrist who has successfully completed an approved residency in child/adolescent psychiatry with admitting privileges must approve each admission. B. The goal of PRTF treatment is to help the child reach a level of functioning where less restrictive treatment will be possible. C. The need for PRTF admission must be supported by documentation that: 1. The child has a diagnosable psychiatric disorder. 2. The child can participate and process information as evidenced by an appropriate IQ for the program to which they have been admitted, unless there is substantial evidence that the IQ score is suppressed due to psychiatric illness. 3. The child's psychiatric symptoms are severe enough to warrant residential treatment under the direction of a psychiatrist. 4. The referring psychiatrist or psychologist advises that residential treatment is needed. 5. At least one (1) of the following: a) The child has failed to respond to less restrictive treatment in the last three (3) months. b) Adequate less restrictive options are not available in the child's community. c) The child is currently in an acute care facility whose professional staff advise that residential treatment is needed. 6. The admission has been certified by the UM/QIO as medically and psychologically necessary. D. The facility must provide the parent/guardian with contact information for the Disability Rights Mississippi, including the phone number and mailing address, and document in the record.