What HIV/AIDS services does Pact offer?
The center provides complete care to more than 1,700 persons 18+ years of age living with HIV. To learn more about PACT's HIV/AIDS services or to make an appointment, call 412-647-7228 or 1-877-788-7228. We also offer HIV/AIDS care at the Latterman Family Health Center at UPMC McKeesport.
Where is Pact Primary Care Orange located?
Address: 477 Boston Post Road, Orange, CT 06477 Phone: 475-209-9130 Fax: 203-932-4051 Directions to PACT Primary Care in Orange
Does the family PACT program cover STIs?
The Family PACT Program covers the diagnosis and treatment of specified STIs for Family PACT clients as clinically indicated, when care is provided coincident, or pursuant, to a family planning service in a family planning setting.
What is the PACT section?
This section contains informational handouts and self-management materials for patients. These include information about many of the patient problems that mental and behavioral health providers in PACT are likely to encounter, e.g., problem drinking, anxiety, depression, etc. These materials are organized by specific content areas.
What is self-report in PACT?
At initial visits, self-report measures can be used to collect data to inform clinical decisions, including whether to follow a patient for brief follow-up in PCMHI or a refer to specialty care. The PCMHI provider can share this data with other PACT members involved in the patient’s care to succinctly inform about symptom severity. This information can also be shared and discussed with Veterans, as part of shared decision making and treatment planning. As the PCMHI provider continues to administer measures at follow-up visits, the provider and the healthcare team can then act to coordinate care and adjust the treatment plan as needed, based on the patient’s response to treatment. Adjustments to the intensity of the treatment can be made based on collaborative decision making that includes MBC data along with input from the Veteran and other PACT members.
What is clinical resources?
The clinical resources section of the CIH website contains operational guidance, policies and procedures for primary care mental health integration programs as well as educational materials for patients and informational materials for mental and behavioral health providers who are working collaboratively within Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACTs). Please consider sharing these tools with the entire PACT. Both co-located, collaborative care providers and mental health care managers may find these tools helpful.
What is CCC in PACT?
This section contains resources to support co-located collaborative care (CCC) clinicians practice management techniques congruent with providing mental/behavioral health services in PACT. For example, this section contains strategies and tools to structure appointments within a 30-minute timeframe using a 5As framework. It also includes sample provider scripts and note templates that can assist providers to successfully function within the primary care setting.
Can you use CPT codes for curbside consultations?
A: No, unfortunately there are not CPT codes for brief curbside consultations with other providers in PACT. The team conference codes have very specific requirements for utilization and will rarely be used by PCMHI providers. These requirements are outlined below.
Is patient specific work considered CPT?
For example, some work, such as a Team Conferences without 3 different professions present, does not meet the definition necessary for CPT coding, but is still vital patient-specific work. To account for this critical clinical work, facilities can develop individualized wRVU targets, complete position-specific time-studies, and establish local workload expectations based upon the unique features of that position. There have been some national presentations providing guidance on setting individual provider productivity targets in general as well as specifically setting targets for PCMHI providers, which will likely be assistance to you in speaking with your supervisor about the need for setting an individualized target based on the specific context of working in PCMHI.
What is the Family Pact update for 2021?
The February 2021 Family PACT Update notified providers of updates to Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes for Quarter 1 of 2021 . This update included several changes to Evaluation and Management (E&M) billing and coding, including allowing Education and Counseling (E&C) codes 99401 through 99403 with modifier U6 to be billed with E&M codes 99202 through 99204 and 99212 through 99214 on the same date of service.
When will the new CEC form be available?
A preview of the new CEC form will be posted on the Family PACT website on April 28, 2021. The new CEC (English and Spanish) and the REC (English and Spanish) forms will be posted and available for downloading from the Medi-Cal Provider Forms web page and also at familypact.org.
What is CPT code 99201?
Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2021, CPT ® code 99201 (office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, which requires these three components: a problem focused history, a problem focused examination, straightforward medical decision making) is no longer a benefit of the Family Planning, Access, Care and Treatment (Family PACT) program.
Does DHCS conduct onsite visits?
DHCS will conduct onsite visits prior to any application approval, including newly enrolling Family PACT provider applicants or existing Family PACT providers submitting an application for a change in enrollment, as described above.
Does BCCTP have a new Medi-Cal application?
BCCTP has a new “Directions to Apply for Medi-Cal” document for ALL BCCTP applicants. The English and Spanish versions, will eventually be automatically generated with the confirmation document that prints after the enrolling provider submits a BCCTP application. This covers ALL applicants regardless of whether or not they are approved for presumptive eligibility. English directions to apply . Spanish directions to apply.
What is MyChartPLUS?
MyChartPLUS allows you to actively participate in your care, and also alerts you to important health-related reminders to help you better plan the details of your ongoing health care, using your PC, smartphone or tablet.
What is the phone number for MyChartPlus?
For questions about using MyChartPLUS you can call the support line at 860.972.4993 or email [email protected].
Does Hartford Healthcare have a cures act?
You now have immediate access to more information in your MyChartPLUS electronic medical record, including additional clinical results and clinician notes as soon as they’re complete. This immediate access to information is part of the 21st Century Cures Act, an effort that Hartford Healthcare is taking to ensure transparency and fulfill our vision of being most trusted for personalized coordinated care.
