Training.
We can help you learn and implement the NM-SBIRT Model.
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Yes, you can now bill for SBIRT services under Medicaid.
The Life Link Training Institute is helping medical facilities become Medicaid billing ready. We train people in the required courses and inform Medicaid when a person and clinic has completed the LLTI-NMSBIRT courses. You can get the SBIRT regulations here.
Becoming Trained
Becoming SBIRT trained in order to bill Medicaid is a process. Individuals as well as clinics will need to be trained. NM has chosen to continue the very successful model outlined through the SAMHSA grant. It is necessary to certify each clinic inside of large organizations.
Types of Training
From our experience, these training tracks are vital to make SBIRT a worthwhile impact on the patient population.
1. Admin Track - for those who oversee the whole SBIRT process at their site. Overview of the SBIRT process and top-level tips. 2.. Provider training - those who see the patient for very limited amount of times, i.e., Physicians, PAs, Nurse Practitioners. 3. SBI (Screening, Brief Intervention) - those who will be administering the screen and giving feedback. 4. Support Staff - those who might give out the screen, but not do brief interventions, like front desk staff. |
Who Can Bill SBIRT Medicaid Codes
Eligible facilities
1. Primary care offices including FQHCs, LHS and 638 tribal facilities; 2. Patient centered medical homes; 3. Urgent care Centers; 4. Hospital outpatient facilities; 5. Emergency departments; 6. Rural health clinics: 7. Specialty health clinics; and 8. School-based health centers Eligible practitioners 1. Licensed nurse; 2. Licensed nurse practitioner or licensed nurse clinician; 3. Behavioral health practitioner; 4. Certified peer support worker; 5. Certified community health worker; 6. Licensed physician assistant; 7. Physician: 8. Medical assistant; and 9. Community health representative in tribal clinics. |
REQUIRED TRAINING MODULES AND STEPS
Primary Care clinics, hospitals, emergency departments must be certified in order to be eligible to bill Medicaid. Because the primary focus of SBIRT is to integrate behavioral health with medicine, stand alone Behavioral Health agencies are not eligible to bill Medicaid for screens or brief interventions. Sites and individuals are certified by completing the following:
Primary Care clinics, hospitals, emergency departments must be certified in order to be eligible to bill Medicaid. Because the primary focus of SBIRT is to integrate behavioral health with medicine, stand alone Behavioral Health agencies are not eligible to bill Medicaid for screens or brief interventions. Sites and individuals are certified by completing the following:
- Administrators/Supervisors (those with decision making authority) meet with Life Link Training Institute SBIRT Trainers, Raymond Anderson and Maureen Rule. (1.5 to 2 hours). This must be completed prior to scheduling the additional trainings.
- Support Staff front desk/reception. (1-1.5 hours)
- Screening, Brief Interventions (SBI track) and Referrals to Treatment, required for staff who will be scoring, interpreting results and providing brief interventions with patients. Staff who will be providing SBIRT interventions (outside of providers) must have completed a full two-day training in Motivational Interviewing with a Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) trainer within the past 2 years. SBI track (8 hours with a lunch and breaks)
- Providers - Those who deliver medical care, i.e., Drs, PAs, CNPs ( 1.5 to 2 hours) (Not required to do the full 2-day MI training)
- Behavioral Health – counselors, social workers. Additional trainings available including MI, Community Reinforcement Approach, Seeking Safety.
FEES:
Motivational Interviewing: Two-day training $750/day (up to 25 people)
SBI Track: One-day training No cost due to recent grant from the State of New Mexico
Admin/Support Staff/Providers No cost due to recent grant from the State of New Mexico
CEUs/Certificates are provided for those associated with the NM Counseling and Therapy Practice Board, Peer Support Workers, and Community Health Workers. We do not provide direct CEUS for Physicians or Nurses.
Motivational Interviewing: Two-day training $750/day (up to 25 people)
SBI Track: One-day training No cost due to recent grant from the State of New Mexico
Admin/Support Staff/Providers No cost due to recent grant from the State of New Mexico
CEUs/Certificates are provided for those associated with the NM Counseling and Therapy Practice Board, Peer Support Workers, and Community Health Workers. We do not provide direct CEUS for Physicians or Nurses.