Commonwealth of Massachusetts MassHealth Provider Manual Series Subchapter Number and Title Preface Page vii Mental Health Center Manual Transmittal Letter MHC-41 Date 07/01/10 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. Manuals in the series contain administrative regulations, billing regulations, program regulations, service codes, administrative and billing instructions, and general information. MassHealth 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. MassHealth regulations 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 manuals. Program regulations cover matters that apply specifically to the type of provider for which the manual was prepared. For Community Health Centers, those matters are covered in 130 CMR Chapter 429.000, reproduced as Subchapter 4 in the Mental Health Center Manual. Revisions and additions to the manual are made as needed by 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 its members.