STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES Aging and Long-Term Support Administration Home and Community Services Division PO Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600 H19-011– Information February 21, 2019 Amended March 25, 2019 Amended July 1, 2019 TO: Area Agency on Aging (AAA) Directors Home and Community Services (HCS) Division Regional Administrators FROM: Bea Rector, Director, Home and Community Services Division SUBJECT: New provider type, a board-certified music therapist, is now available for client training services in several HCS programs. Rate Range of $27.00-31.00 established for this provider type PURPOSE: To inform staff that a new provider type, a board- certified (MT-BC) music therapist, has been added to the list of qualified providers for the following programs/services, and a rate range established: Client Training service offered through COPES, Residential Support Waiver, and Roads to Community Living; Training and Education services available under MAC and TSOA. Rate Range: $27-31.00 per 15 minutes of service Educational materials related to board certified music therapists and the work they do can be found below in the “Attachment” section of this MB. HCS MANAGEMENT BULLETIN
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STATE OF WASHINGTONDEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
Aging and Long-Term Support AdministrationHome and Community Services Division
PO Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600
H19-011– InformationFebruary 21, 2019
Amended March 25, 2019Amended July 1, 2019
TO: Area Agency on Aging (AAA) Directors Home and Community Services (HCS) Division Regional Administrators
FROM: Bea Rector, Director, Home and Community Services Division
SUBJECT: New provider type, a board-certified music therapist, is now available for client training services in several HCS programs. Rate Range of $27.00-31.00 established for this provider type
PURPOSE: To inform staff that a new provider type, a board-certified (MT-BC) music therapist, has been added to the list of qualified providers for the following programs/services, and a rate range established:
Client Training service offered through COPES, Residential Support Waiver, and Roads to Community Living;
Training and Education services available under MAC and TSOA. Rate Range: $27-31.00 per 15 minutes of service
Educational materials related to board certified music therapists and the work they do can be found below in the “Attachment” section of this MB.
A webinar was presented on March 20, 2019 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm. A copy of the presentation, DSHS Client Training Music Therapy, is included in the Attachment section of this MB.
BACKGROUND: Per the American Music Therapy Association, Inc., “Music therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.”
WHAT’S NEW, Effective January 1, 2019 the COPES and Residential Support Waiver were
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CHANGED, OR CLARIFIED:
approved by CMS for an additional 5 years. Both waivers added a new provider type under the service of Client Training, a board certified music therapist.
MAC and TSOA programs will also offer this new provider type under the service category of Training and Education.
Case managers have the option to authorize a board-certified music therapist for Client Training services (COPES, Residential Support Waiver, and Roads to Community Living) and Training & Education services (MAC and TSOA) when the provider has an active Client Training contract.
The contract, 1045XP Community Transition and Training, has been updated to include a board-certified music therapist as a qualified provider type.
A rate range of $27-31.00 has been established for this provider type. This rate range includes the following:
An additional 45 minutes outside of the active session to document assessment/session results towards the therapeutic goal, and
Commute time, car maintenance, and gas costs
ACTION: Contract staff may begin contracting with board-certified music therapists effective immediately, negotiating a rate within the approved range of $27-31.00 per 15 minutes. Social services staff should become familiar with this provider type as a new option for clients under Client Training or Training & Education services. To authorize this service, use ProviderOne service code H2014, UD (Client Training, non-medical).
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CONTACT(S): Jamie Tong, Waiver Program Manager (360) [email protected]
