Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12 - HEALTH
Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Chapter 122 - COMMUNITY WAIVER SRVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Section 12VAC30-122-350 - Crisis support service
Universal Citation: 2 VA Admin Code 30-122-350
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. Service description. Crisis support service is designed for individuals experiencing circumstances such as (i) marked reduction in psychiatric, adaptive, or behavioral functioning; (ii) an increase in emotional distress; (iii) needing continuous intervention to maintain stability; or (iv) causing harm to themselves or others. Crisis support service means intensive supports by trained and, where applicable, licensed staff in crisis prevention, crisis intervention, and crisis stabilization for an individual who is experiencing an episodic behavioral or psychiatric event in the community that has the potential to jeopardize the current community living situation. This service is designed to prevent the individual from experiencing an episodic crisis that has the potential to jeopardize his current community living situation, to intervene in such a crisis, or to stabilize the individual after the crisis. This service shall prevent escalation of a crisis, maintain safety, stabilize the individual, and strengthen the current living situation so that the individual can be supported in the community beyond the crisis period. Crisis support service shall be covered in the FIS, CL, and BI waivers.
B. Criteria and allowable activities. Crisis support service may include as appropriate and necessary:
1. Crisis prevention services, which provide
assessment of an individual's medical, cognitive, and behavioral status as well
as predictors of self-injurious, disruptive, or destructive behaviors, with
initiation of positive behavior supports to resolve and prevent future
occurrence of crisis situations. Crisis prevention services shall also include
training for family/caregivers to avert further crises and to maintain the
individual's typical routine to the maximum extent possible. Crisis prevention
services shall also encompass supporting the family and individual through team
meetings, revising the behavior plan or guidelines, and other activities as
changes to the behavior support plan are implemented and residual concerns from
the crisis situation are addressed.
2. Crisis intervention services, which shall
be used during a crisis to prevent further escalation of the situation and to
maintain the immediate personal safety of those involved. Crisis intervention
services shall be a short-term service providing highly structured intervention
that can include, for example, temporary changes to the person's residence,
changes to the person's daily routine, and emergency referral to other care
providers. Crisis intervention staff shall model verbal deescalation techniques
including active listening, reflective listening, validation, and suggestions
for immediate changes to the situation.
3. Crisis stabilization, which entails
gaining a full understanding of the factors that contributed to the crisis once
the immediate threat has resolved and there is no longer an immediate threat to
the health and safety of the individual or others. Crisis stabilization
services shall be geared toward gaining a full understanding of all of the
factors that precipitated the crisis and may have maintained it until trained
staff from outside the immediate situation arrived. These services result in
the development of new plans that may include environmental modifications,
interventions to enhance communication skills, or changes to the individual's
daily routine or structure. Crisis stabilization staff shall train
family/caregivers and other persons significant to the individual in techniques
and interventions to avert future crises.
C. Service units and limitations.
1. Crisis support service shall be authorized
or reauthorized following a documented face-to-face assessment conducted by a
QDDP or QMHP.
a. Crisis prevention. The unit
of the service shall be one hour and billing may occur up to 24 hours per day
if necessary. Crisis prevention may be authorized for up to 60 days per ISP
year. Crisis prevention services include supports during the provision of any
other waiver service and may be billed concurrently (i.e., same dates and
times).
b. Crisis intervention. The
unit of the service shall be one hour and billing may occur up to 24 hours per
day if necessary. Crisis intervention may be authorized in increments of no
more than 15 days at a time for up to 90 days per ISP year. Crisis intervention
services include supports during the provision of any other waiver service and
may be billed concurrently (i.e., same dates and times).
c. Crisis stabilization. The unit of the
service shall be one hour and billing may occur up to 24 hours per day if
necessary. Crisis stabilization may be authorized in increments of no more than
15 days at a time for up to 60 days per ISP year. Crisis stabilization services
include supports during the provision of any other waiver service and may be
billed concurrently (i.e., same dates and times).
2. The crisis support service shall only be
available through a waiver when they are not available through the State
Plan.
D. Provider qualifications and requirements.
1. Providers
shall meet the requirements of 12VAC30-122-110 through
12VAC30-122-140.
2. Providers of
crisis support service shall have current signed participation agreements with
DMAS and shall directly provide the service and bill DMAS for Medicaid
reimbursement. These providers shall renew their participation agreements as
directed by DMAS.
3. Crisis support
service shall be provided by entities licensed by DBHDS as providers of
residential crisis stabilization service, or nonresidential crisis
stabilization service. Providers shall employ or utilize QDDPs, licensed mental
health professionals, or other qualified personnel credentialed to provide
clinical or behavioral interventions. For the purposes of services delivery and
billing, those individuals who do not have a license or degree are considered
nonprofessionals. Those individuals who meet QDDP requirements or are licensed
are considered professionals.
4.
Providers shall ensure that DSP staff who are providing crisis support service
meet provider training and competency requirements as specified in
12VAC30-1220-180.
E. Service documentation and requirements.
1.
Providers shall include signed and dated documentation of the following in each
individual's record:
a. The provider's plan
for supports per requirements detailed in 12VAC30-122-120.
b. Supporting documentation that is developed
(or revised, in the case of a request for an extension) and submitted to the
support coordinator for authorization within 72 hours of the face-to-face
assessment or reassessment.
c.
Documentation indicating the dates and times of service, the amount and type of
service provided, and specific information about the individual's responses to
service in the supporting documentation.
d. Documentation of provider qualifications
that is maintained for review by DMAS or DBHDS staff and provided upon request
from either agency.
e.
Documentation as detailed in 12VAC30-122-120. Data shall be collected as
described in the plan for supports, analyzed to determine if the strategies are
effective, summarized, then clearly documented in the progress notes or support
checklist.
f. Documentation to
support units of service delivered, and the documentation shall correspond with
billing. Providers shall maintain separate documentation for each type of
service rendered for an individual. Documentation shall include all
correspondence and contacts related to the individual.
g. Documentation that is maintained for
routine supervision and oversight of all service provided by direct support
professional staff. All significant contacts shall be documented and
dated.
2. Supervision of
DSPs shall be provided consistent with the requirements in 12VAC30-122-120 by a
supervisor meeting the requirements of
12VAC35-105-590.
Providers shall make available for inspection documentation of supervision, and
this documentation shall be completed and signed by the staff person designated
to perform the supervision and oversight. This documentation shall include, at
a minimum, the following:
(i) date of contact
or observation,
(ii) person
contacted or observed,
(iii) a
summary about the direct support professional's performance and service
delivery, and
(iv) any action
planned or taken to correct problems identified during supervision and
oversight.
3. Provider
documentation shall support all claims submitted for DMAS reimbursement. Claims
for payment that are not supported by supporting documentation shall be subject
to recovery by DMAS or its designee as a result of utilization reviews or
audits.
Statutory Authority: § 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.
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