Special Initiatives

Children's System Transformation

CFTSS

Children and Family Treatment and Support Services (CFTSS formerly SPA)

Webinars

Children and Family Treatment and Support Services (CFTSS) Informational Webinar - Webinar - May 23, 2023

Telehealth: Children and Family Treatment and Support Services (CFTSS) - Webinar - May 08, 2023

Youth Peer Support and Training (YPST): Preparing for Managed Care - Webinar - Nov 18, 2019

  • Provides service overview with case examples and discusses managed care billing, contracting, medical necessity/UM, referrals, and recommendations for YPST. 

Family Peer Support Services (FPSS): Preparing for Managed Care - Webinar - May 13, 2019

  • Provides refresher of FPSS and discusses Managed Care billing, contracting, medical necessity, referrals and recommendation process for FPSS. 
  • FAQ document from this training

Billing and UM Office Hour for CFTSS: OLP, CPST, PSR - November 15, 2018 

CFTSS Billing Update Webinar: OLP, PSR, CPST - November 6, 2018

Children and Family Treatment and Support Services: OLP, PSR, CPST Refresher - Webinar - Oct 25, 2018

  • Provides a refresher for OLP, CPST and PSR; reviews what was presented on those services at the in-person Children and Family Treatment and Support Services trainings held in May and June. Also covers additional context and examples.

Utilization Management for CFTSS: OLP, CPST, PSR - Webinar - September 18, 2018

  • Discusses process of Utilization Management for OLP, CPST, and PSR including medical necessity, utilization management requirements and strategies to optimize utilization management.
  • FAQ document from this training

Children and Family Treatment and Support Services Training - In-person training - May/June 2018

  • Reviews 4 of the new CFTSS (formerly SPA): OLP, CPST, PSR and FPSS including service descriptions and implementation details.
  • FAQ document from this training

Documents/Guidance

PHE Unwind Guidance Regarding Children and Family Treatment and Support Services (CFTSS) Flexibilities - June 27, 2023

Children and Family Treatment and Support Services Provider Manual for EPSDT Services - Updated March 2023

Overview of Children and Family Treatment and Support Services Manual Updates - March 2023

CFTSS Provider Guidance: Health Record Documentation - June 2022

Policy on NYS OMH Oversight and Monitoring of Unlicensed CFTSS Designated Providers - May 16, 2022

Children and Family Treatment and Support Services (CFTSS): Collateral Contacts - May 2021

CFTSS OLP and CPST Designation/Licensure Update 

CFTSS Pathways to Care - State Refresher - August 2019

  • Resource sheet on the referral and recommendation process for accessing CFTSS.

CFTSS Health Record Documentation - Provider Guidance - June 2019

Concurrent Admission to an Office of Mental Health Licensed Clinic and Children and Family Treatment and Support Services - January 2019

Other Licensed Practitioner (OLP) Memo - April 2019

Medical Necessity/Utilization Management

UM Authorization Grid for CFTSS: OLP, CPST, PSR, FPSS, YPST, and CI 

  • Includes information about individual Managed Care Plan requirements for notification, pre-authorization and concurrent review for OLP, CPST, PSR, FPSS, YPST, and CI services. 

Children and Family Treatment Support Services Continuing Authorization Request Form - NYS approved and released Jan 7, 2019

  • The form was developed in collaboration with providers MMCPs as a sample template to capture all the necessary information to substantiate medical necessity for CFTSS. Some MMCPs will require concurrent review authorization after the first three visits.  This form can be used by providers who are making concurrent review authorization requests to MMCPs. This form is not required by the State.

Accessing CFTSS - Example of Medical Necessity/LPHA Recommendation Form - December 5, 2019

  • NYS released as a sample recommendation form. Use of this form is not required.
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