Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Division 70 - MO HealthNet Division
Chapter 65 - Rehabilitation Center Program
Section 13 CSR 70-65.010 - Rehabilitation Center Program

(1) Administration. The MO HealthNet rehabilitation center program shall be administered by the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division. The rehabilitation center services covered and not covered, the limitations under which services are covered, and the maximum allowable fees for all covered services shall be determined by the MO HealthNet Division and shall be included in the rehabilitation center provider manual, which is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division, 615 Howerton Court, Jefferson City, MO 65109, and at its website at http://manuals.momed.com/collections/collection_reh/print.pdf, November 24, 2020. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions. Rehabilitation center services shall include only those that are clearly shown to be medically necessary as determined by the treating physician. The division reserves the right to effect changes in services, limitations, and fees with notification to rehabilitation center providers by amending this rule.

(2) Persons Eligible. The MO HealthNet Rehabilitation Program pays for the adaptive training of MO HealthNet participants who receive a prosthetic/orthotic device. In addition, rehabilitation centers may provide physical, occupational, and speech therapy to children under the age of twenty-one (21) when medically necessary as determined by the treating physician. The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1989 (OBRA-89) mandated that MO HealthNet covered services be provided based on medical necessity as determined by the treating physician in a healthy children and youth screening. The participant must be eligible on the date service is furnished. Participants may have specific limitations to rehabilitation center program services according to the type of assistance for which they have been determined eligible. It is the provider's responsibility to determine the coverage benefits for a participant based on his or her type of assistance as outlined in the rehabilitation center provider manual. The provider shall ascertain the patient's MO HealthNet/MO HealthNet Managed Care status before any service is performed. The participant's eligibility shall be verified in accordance with methodology outlined in the rehabilitation center provider manual.

(3) Provider Participation.

(4) Covered Services. The participant shall have a referral for speech therapy services from a MO HealthNet enrolled primary care provider. The participant shallhave a prescription for occupational and physical therapy services from a MO HealthNet enrolled primary care provider.

(5) Reimbursement. Payment will be made in accordance with the fee per unit of service as defined and determined by the MO HealthNet Division. Providers must bill their usual and customary charge for rehabilitation center services. Reimbursement will not exceed the lesser of the maximum allowed amount determined by the MO HealthNet Division or the provider's billed charges. Rehabilitation services are only payable to an enrolled, eligible, participating provider.

(6) Documentation. For physical, occupational, and speech therapy services, the MO HealthNet Division requires that the following documentation be included in the participant's record:

(7) Records Retention. These records must be retained for six (6) years from the date of service. Fiscal and medical records coincide with, and fully document, services billed to the MO HealthNet Division. Providers must furnish or make the records available for inspection or audit by the Department of Social Services or its representative upon request. Failure to furnish, reveal, or retain adequate documentation for services billed to the MO HealthNet program, as specified above, is a violation of this regulation.