Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MassHealth
Provider Manual Series


Rehabilitation Center Manual

Subchapter Number and Title

Preface

Page

vii


Transmittal Letter

RHB-20

Date

06/01/11

The regulations and instructions governing provider participation in MassHealth are published in the Provider Manual Series. MassHealth publishes a separate manual for each provider type.

Each manual in the series contains administrative regulations, billing regulations, program regulations, service codes and descriptions, billing instructions, and general information. MassHealth’s regulations are incorporated into the Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR), a collection of regulations promulgated by state agencies within the Commonwealth and by the Secretary of State. Regulations promulgated by MassHealth are assigned Title 130 of the Code. Pages that contain regulatory material have a CMR chapter number in the banner beneath the subchapter number and title.

Administrative regulations and billing regulations apply to all providers and are contained in 130 CMR Chapter 450.000. These regulations are reproduced as Subchapters 1, 2, and 3 in this and all other provider manuals.

Program regulations cover matters that apply specifically to the type of provider for which the manual was prepared. For therapists, those matters are covered in 130 CMR Chapter 430.000, reproduced as Subchapter 4 in the Rehabilitation Center Manual.

Revisions and additions to the manual are made as needed by means of transmittal letters, which provide instructions for substituting, adding, or removing pages. Some transmittal letters will be directed to all providers; others will be addressed to providers in specific provider types. In this way, a provider will 
receive all those transmittal letters that affect its manual, but no others.

The Provider Manual Series is intended for the convenience of providers. Neither this nor any other manual can or should contain every federal and state law and regulation that might affect a provider's participation in 
MassHealth. The provider manuals represent instead MassHealth’s effort to give each provider a single convenient source for the essential information providers need in their routine interaction with MassHealth and with MassHealth members.