What is the University of Minnesota doing to support student mental health?
The University of Minnesota strives to continually raise awareness related to student mental health and to improve conditions for students with mental health conditions.
Who will be billed for day treatment?
A client’s health insurance, Medical Assistance and/or Hennepin County will be billed for Day Treatment services. Clients may have financial responsibility for co-pays or deductibles.
What is the President's initiative for student mental health?
We aim to be a national model in partnering across our campuses, and with other universities, to provide mental health information and resources for students and their parents, and for faculty and staff. Learn more: President's Initiative for Student Mental Health (PRISMH)
What is the Minneapolis early childhood intervention program?
This intensive program provides early intervention and helps children in pre-school through second grade in the Minneapolis school district:
Overview
Children’s therapeutic services and supports (CTSS) for children’s day treatment is a site-based, structured mental health treatment program. It consists of psychotherapy and skills training services.
Eligible Providers
Children’s and adult day treatment services have different certifications, standards and limitations.
Eligible Recipients
Eligible recipients for CTSS children’s day treatment meet the following:
Covered Services
Day treatment is distinguished from day care by the structured therapeutic program that uses CTSS service components which include:
Documentation Requirements
Document the provision of each of the service components. You may use a daily checklist with the services summarized weekly. A checklist must show all of the following:
Noncovered Services
CTSS day treatment does not cover mental health behavioral aide (MHBA) services. MHBAs are not an eligible provider of CTSS day treatment services. Other noncovered services include:
Authorization
Refer to Authorization for general authorization policy and procedures. For CTSS day treatment services, authorization is required in the following situations:
Treatment
Our clinical team consists of faculty (child/adolescent psychiatrists and clinical psychologists), nurses, a social worker, and a range of trainees who work together to provide expert care for children and adolescents and their families.
Research
Experts in our Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division are working to advance knowledge about the causes and mechanisms of mental health problems in children and adolescents, and seeking to discover new ways to intervene.
Training
Recruiting and developing trainees in children’s mental health to become excellent clinicians, researchers and educators.
collaborative model focuses on repair through relationships
In addition to the child attending therapeutic group sessions, clinicians help children and families through pre- and after-care services, group and family therapy and connect with psychiatric services as needed.
Payment
A client’s health insurance, Medical Assistance and/or Hennepin County will be billed for Day Treatment services. Clients may have financial responsibility for co-pays or deductibles. We are also able to provide services for uninsured Hennepin County residents.
Locations
Washburn Center’s therapeutic groups are located at its Minneapolis office.
Therapeutic Learning Center (TLC) – Half-Day Program
Day treatment services are developed and provided in a center-based daily therapeutic environment for children ages 11 to 17 whose mental health needs are impacting learning and school attendance. Collaboration between the family and school districts helps to build the appropriate skills for the child’s successful return to their community school.
Therapeutic Education Collective (TEC) – Full-Day Program
The Therapeutic Education Collective (TEC) program provides mental health child day treatment service to students from ISD 622 ages 12-17 who have struggled significantly with mental health symptoms for more than 6 months. Some examples of these
Elementary Mental Health Classrooms (EMHC)
In Elementary Mental Health Classrooms (EMHC), Canvas Health partners with school districts to help students learn academic and social-emotional skills in a school environment. Our mental health clinicians work side-by-side with a teacher and education assistants in the classroom.
Overview
- Children’s therapeutic services and supports (CTSS) for children’s day treatment is a site-based, structured mental health treatment program. It consists of psychotherapy and skills training services. Day treatment services:
Eligible Providers
- Entity Certification
Children’s and adult day treatmentservices have different certifications, standards and limitations. Certified entities include: Programs must provide adequate staffing and facilities to do the following: - Clinical Supervision
For children’s day treatment programs, the supervisor must do the following: Clinical supervision may occur individually or in a group setting to discuss treatment and review progress toward goals. Note: a clinical trainee must receive clinical supervision in accordance with clinical super…
Eligible Recipients
- Eligible recipients for CTSS children’s day treatment meet the following: Recipients admitted to children’s day treatment must be in need of and have the capacity to understand and benefit from the rehabilitative nature, structured setting and therapeutic components of the program’s psychotherapy and skills activities. Recipients who do not have, or cease to have, the cognitive c…
Covered Services
- Day treatment is distinguished from day care by the structured therapeutic program that uses CTSS service components which include: The day treatment program must be available: Per available day, psychotherapy must be provided: Interactive children’s day treatment may use physical aids and nonverbal communication to overcome communication barriers because the r…
Documentation Requirements
- Document the provision of each of the service components. You may use a daily checklist with the services summarized weekly. A checklist must show all of the following:
Noncovered Services
- CTSS day treatment does not cover mental health behavioral aide (MHBA) services. MHBAs are not an eligible provider of CTSS day treatment services. Other noncovered services include:
Authorization
- Refer to Authorizationfor general authorization policy and procedures. For CTSS day treatment services, authorization is required in the following situations:
Legal References
- Minnesota Statutes 256B.0943 CTSSMinnesota Rules 9535.4068 Continuing education for practitionerMinnesota Rules 9505.0370, 9505.0371, 9505.3072Outpatient Mental Health Services
Overview
- The goal of Adult Day Treatment (ADT) is to reduce or relieve the effects of symptoms associated with a diagnosed mental illness and provide skills training that will result in the person to live and function more independently in the community. ADT is a short-term, community-based mental health program consisting of group psychotherapy, rehabilita...
Eligible Providers
- The following agencies may apply to become adult day treatmentproviders: Individual members of the adult day treatment multidisciplinary team must meet, at a minimum, the standards for a mental health practitioner. Psychotherapy components of day treatment must be provided by a mental health professional or a mental health practitioner qualified as a clinical trainee. Follow g…
Eligible Recipients
- Members eligible for adult day treatment must: Members enrolled in a managed care organization(MCO) must receive day treatment services through the MCO, which may have different coverage and authorization requirements. Day treatment may also be appropriate for: Continuing Stay Criteria For a member to continue treatment, the following criteria must be met: …
Covered Day Treatment Services
- Adult day treatment consists of: ADT services must: Daily progress notes are required to document the link between the clients ITP goals and objectives and the daily interventions provided.
Authorization
- Refer to Authorizationfor general authorization policy and procedures. For adult day treatment, authorization is required to: To request authorization, submit the following: Special Consideration for Concurrent Residential Crisis Stabilization The day treatment provider must submit a request for authorization, along with a letter of support from the residential crisis stabilization provider, i…
Authorization For Targeted Clinical Services Programs
- Follow all threshold and authorization requirements for adult day treatment. For targeted clinical services, the following additional documentation requirements also apply:
Legal References
- Minnesota Rules 9505.0370 to 9505.0372, MA Outpatient Mental Health ServicesMinnesota Rules 9520.0750 to 9520.0870, Mental health center/clinic standards (Rule 29)Minnesota Rules 9520.0800, Minimum quality assurance standards (Rule 29) Minnesota Statutes 245.62, Establishing a mental health centerMinnesota Statutes 245.467 Quality of services, subdivision …