Code of Massachusetts Regulations
101 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Title 101 CMR 422.00 - Rates for General Programs - Disability Services
Section 422.03 - Rate Provisions

Universal Citation: 101 MA Code of Regs 101.422

Current through Register 1518, March 29, 2024

(1) Services Included in the Rate. The approved rate includes payment for all care and services that are part of the program of services of an eligible provider, as explicitly set forth by the purchasing governmental unit(s).

(2) Reimbursement as Full Payment. Each eligible provider must, as a condition of payment by any purchasing governmental unit, accept the approved rate as full payment and discharge of all obligations for the services rendered. Payments by the purchasing governmental unit for services rendered to the client are reduced by the amount of any payment from any other source.

(3) Payment Limitations. Except as provided in 101 CMR 422.03(2) and (4), each purchasing governmental unit pays for services at the rates established in 101 CMR 422.03(4).

(4) Services Provided in Dukes or Nantucket County. In accordance with the provisions of St. 2016, c. 133, payment for services provided in programs located in Dukes or Nantucket County is the rate for the service contained in 101 CMR 422.03(5) times a factor of 1.185.

(5) Approved Rates. The rates set forth in 101 CMR 422.03(5) govern payments for services provided pursuant to contracts executed under the FY 2013 or subsequent procurements of the governmental unit procuring the service. The approved rate is the lower of the provider's charge or amount accepted as payment from another payer or the rate listed in 101 CMR 422.03(5).

Service Classification

Rate

Unit

Orientation and Mobility (Level 1)

$91.48

Per Hour

Orientation and Mobility (Level 2)

$105.36

Per Hour

Orientation and Mobility (Level 3)

$119.24

Per Hour

Deaf/Blind Community Access Network

$44.27

Per Hour

Assistive Technology Independent Living

$142.16

Per Hour

Assistive Technology Independent Living

I.C.

Device

Home Care Assistance

West

$26.68

Per Hour

Central

$25.10

Per Hour

Metropolitan Boston

$25.23

Per Hour

North

$25.99

Per Hour

South

$25.91

Per Hour

Vocational Rehabilitation Assistant

$58.12

Per Hour

Brain Injury Community Outreach Service

$18.52

Per ¼ hour

Brain Injury Site-based Service

$6.35

Per ¼ hour

Brain Injury Direct Care Add-on

$5.51

Per ¼ hour

Add-on Rates

Unit

Rate

Workforce Initiatives

Annual

2.9% of the Provider's FY18 State Funding

Workforce Initiatives

Half year

1.45% of the Provider's FY18 State Funding

(6) Geographic Areas for Home Care Assistance Rates. The following cities and towns comprise the geographic areas encompassed by the rates for Home Care Assistance.

(a) Central: Ashburnham, Ashby, Ashland, Athol, Auburn, Ayer, Barre, Bellingham, Berlin, Blackstone, Bolton, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dover, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Framingham, Franklin, Gardner, Grafton, Groton, Hardwick, Harvard, Holden, Holliston, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Hubbardston, Hudson, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, Marlborough, Medway, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Natick, Needham, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Northborough, Northbridge, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Pepperell, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton, Royalston, Rutland, Sherborn, Shirley, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Sudbury, Sutton, Templeton, Townsend, Upton, Uxbridge, Warren, Wayland, Webster, Wellesley, West Boylston, West Brookfield, Westborough, Westminster, Weston, Winchendon, Worcester.

(b) Metropolitan Boston: Belmont, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Newton, Revere, Somerville, Waltham, Watertown, Winthrop.

(c) North: Acton, Amesbury, Andover, Arlington, Bedford, Beverly, Billerica, Boxborough, Boxford, Burlington, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Danvers, Dracut, Dunstable, Essex, Everett, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lawrence, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Lowell, Lynn, Lynnfield, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Maynard, Medford, Melrose, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, North Reading, Peabody, Reading, Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Stoneham, Stow, Swampscott, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Tyngsborough, Wakefield, Wenham, Westford, West Newbury, Wilmington, Winchester, Woburn.

(d) South: Abington, Acushnet, Aquinnah, Attleboro, Avon, Barnstable, Berkeley, Bourne, Braintree, Brewster, Bridgewater, Brockton, Canton, Carver, Chatham, Chilmark, Cohasset, Dartmouth, Dedham, Dennis, Dighton, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Eastham, Easton, Edgartown, Fairhaven, Fall River, Falmouth, Foxborough, Freetown, Gosnold, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Harwich, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Kingston, Lakeville, Mansfield, Marion, Marshfield, Mashpee, Mattapoisett, Medfield, Middleborough, Millis, Milton, Nantucket, New Bedford, Norfolk, North Attleboro, Norton, Norwell, Norwood, Oak Bluffs, Orleans, Pembroke, Plainville, Plymouth, Plympton, Provincetown, Quincy, Randolph, Raynham, Rehoboth, Rochester, Rockland, Sandwich, Scituate, Seekonk, Sharon, Somerset, Stoughton, Swansea, Taunton, Tisbury, Truro, Walpole, Wareham, Wellfleet, West Bridgewater, Westport, West Tisbury, Westwood, Weymouth, Whitman, Wrentham, Yarmouth.

(e) West: Adams, Agawam, Alford, Amherst, Ashfield, Becket, Belchertown, Bernardston, Blandford, Brimfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Cheshire, Chester, Chesterfield, Chicopee, Clarksburg, Colrain, Conway, Cummington, Dalton, Deerfield, Easthampton, East Longmeadow, Egremont, Erving, Florida, Gill, Goshen, Granby, Granville, Great Barrington, Greenfield, Hadley, Hampden, Hancock, Hatfield, Hawley, Heath, Hinsdale, Holland, Holyoke, Huntington, Lanesborough, Lee, Lenox, Leverett, Leyden, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Middlefield, Monroe, Monson, Montague, Monterey, Montgomery, Mount Washington, New Ashford, New Marlborough, New Salem, North Adams, Northampton, Northfield, Orange, Otis, Palmer, Pelham, Peru, Pittsfield, Plainfield, Richmond, Rowe, Russell, Sandisfield, Savoy, Sheffield, Shelburne Falls, Shutesbury, Southampton, South Hadley, Southwick, Springfield, Stockbridge, Sunderland, Tolland, Tyringham, Wales, Ware, Warwick, Washington, Wendell, Westhampton, Westfield, West Springfield, West Stockbridge, Whately, Wilbraham, Williamsburg, Williamstown, Windsor, Worthington.

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