The Group Adult Foster Care Manual contains the regulations, administrative and billing instructions, and service codes for group adult foster care programs. The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) establishes rates for MassHealth services. See 101 CMR 351.00.
MassHealth issues transmittal letters to update any part of the provider manual. MassHealth issues provider bulletins to communicate information that is not contained in the provider manual.
Each part of the Group Adult Foster Care Manual is listed below from beginning to end. You can print each part separately (or any individual pages) or print all parts for a complete manual.
Guide Group Adult Foster Care (GAFC) Manual
In this guide
Table of Contents
Table of contents pages i, ii, ii-a, and iii appear at the beginning of Subchapter 1 below.
Table of contents page iv appears at the beginning of Subchapter 4 below.
Table of contents page v (see below)
Table of contents page vi (see below)
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Preface
See below for the Group Adult Foster Care (GAFC) Manual Preface.
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Subchapters 1 through 3
Administrative and Billing Regulations (apply to all providers).
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Subchapter 4
Reserved
Subchapter 5
The Administrative and Billing Instructions (Subchapter 5) are divided into seven parts. For instructions for electronic billing, refer to the MassHealth Companion Guides. To request a copy of any of the MassHealth Companion Guides please contact MassHealth Customer Service Center at 1-800-841-2900. For instructions for billing MassHealth using paper claim forms refer to MassHealth Billing Guides for Paper Claim Submitters.
Please see below for Subchapter 5: Administrative and Billing Instructions.
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Subchapter 6
See below for service codes for the Group Adult Foster Care (GAFC) Manual.
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MassHealth Provider Manual Appendices
The MassHealth generic appendices contained in all provider manuals (Appendices A, C, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z) and provider-specific manual appendices.