Maintenance Rate - Therapeutic Foster Care 623-05-20-35

(Revised 7/15/15 ML #3450)

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Professional Association of Treatment Homes (PATH)

 

When a child is placed in a PATH home, there are three options for payment. The rate effective July 1, 2015, is as follows:

• The PATH Therapeutic rate of $108.18/day will be paid for all children who are receiving treatment foster care services through PATH programs.
• A rate of $66.23/day will be paid for all children in the PATH regular foster care (PATH provides case management) and step-down programs. (This amount is separate from treatment costs, which are directly billed to Medicaid by PATH).
• The county age appropriate foster care rate will be paid in situations where siblings are placed in the same PATH foster home and one of the siblings does not need a therapeutic level of care. In this case the child’s case manager will provide case management and supervise the placement.

 

PATH-ND (Professional Association of Treatment Homes)

1202 Westrac Dr S, Suite 100

Fargo, ND 58103

Phone: 701-280-8545

 

Billing Address:

PATH ND

Rice Creek Professional Building

5985 Rice Creek Pkwy, Suite 202

Shoreview, MN 55126

 

Payments to PATH should not be authorized unless you have a billing statement for the appropriate month.  "PATH and the Department of Human Services will review PATH foster care maintenance rates quarterly.  Therefore it is possible that the daily rate will change on a quarterly basis."

 

The legal custodian and the youth’s service team will evaluate the youth’s progress to determine the appropriate level of care. If placement in the PATH Step Down option is appropriate, the legal custodian and PATH will sign the needed documentation at the team meeting. The County/DJS case manager will be responsible to notify the eligibility worker at the appropriate county.

 

For payment purposes the effective date for the PATH Step Down rate must be the first of the month. It will not be possible to pay for a partial month of care.  The PATH Step Down rate will continue to be effective until the child leaves the PATH program, or eligibility staff is notified otherwise (e.g. escalation of child’s behavior).

 

For PATH-ND, the PATH Therapeutic Rate, Step-Down Rate, and PATH Family Foster Care Rate includes all irregular payments with the exception of Category 70, Parent/Infant, and Category 50, Code 53, related to school transportation costs. PATH-ND bills the financial county for the Foster Care rate and PATH-ND pays the foster parents directly.  The financial county authorizes the payment on CCWIPS with the above PATH-ND address as payee.

 

If a child is in a PATH Home paid at the standard family foster care rate, this child is eligible for irregular payments. Refer to CCWIPS Manual for technical assistance.

 

Refer to CCWIPS User manual for technical assistance related to entering PATH-ND foster care payments on the CCWIPS system.

 

Medicaid eligibility must be determined prior to referral of a child to PATH-ND. The treatment (rehabilitation) amount may be paid by Title XIX, or some other resource. IT CANNOT BE PAID THROUGH FOSTER CARE.