Services & Costs
Services are requested by downloading and completing a Referral Form (see below) that you can fax or mail back to us securely.
A review of your child’s situation will be performed at no cost or obligation by our Director, who will call you to discuss the situation more thoroughly.
After this initial contact, billing begins if we provide additional services. There are no “minimum charges” and there is no obligation to contract for more assistance than you think is absolutely necessary.
A one-hour Case Management consultation with one of our Masters-level mental health professionals is $100. All consultations are billed at 15-minute increments, so a quick answer is available for as little as $25. You can arrange consultations with our Director privately as well, if you feel this is necessary.
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We can arrange for the convenient use of videotelephone technology and WebEx meetings to facilitate consultations with licensed professionals in your vicinity or with those who are eligible for licensure in your state but live too far away to be a realistic resource for you.
Case Management consultations with our Director are billed at $200 hourly, but our Masters-level mental health professionals are meeting with the Director weekly, discussing their cases, and receiving guidance from licensed psychologists, so they are able to offer expert suggestions at a much lower cost.
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Special Offer for Professionals, Organizations and Advocates:
You are eligible for membership in the National Association of BHRS Providers (NABP). This organization was formed to distribute information about Medicaid, the EPSDT benefit, Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (BHRS) and how these tools have been used by the creator of the IBC model for BHRS delivery since 1992 to provide funding for communitybased mental health treatment to children in Pennsylvania. Membership in the NABP is required for professionals, organizations and advocates to access the following information.
Key Treatment Plan Components that should be included in all Treatment Plans. They can significantly increase the probability of getting and keeping Medicaid and Commercial Insurance funding for necessary treatment.
Access to the largest database of organized information about Medicaid, the EPSDT benefit, and Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (BHRS) on earth. Updated continuously, this resource provides hundreds of documents, including PowerPoint presentations, video presentations and other media showing how the Medicaid, EPSDT and BHRS systems were created, how they exist in every state in the USA, and how they are being used in Pennsylvania to fund the mental health treatment of children at no cost to parents regardless of family income. Presentations on Medicaid, EPSDT and BHRS can be customized for any state or audience for NABP members.
Knowledge Shifts the Balance of Power This highly influential, brief presentation reveals the succesful strategy used to create and develop the support of community leaders, legislators, and key planning and budgeting personnel to implement the IBC model of BHRS (Medicaid-funded community-based mental health treatment for children) that has been operating very successfully in a Managed Care environment in Pennsylvania since 1996.
The Thread of MA Eligibility This document traces the Medicaid Act with annotations to explain all of the key components of the EPSDT benefit hidden within its dense and notoriously difficult text. With this document, you can quickly cite the legal references in Federal law that created the EPSDT benefit, the “Rehabilitation Option” that allowed creation of the Behavioral Healh Rehabiltiation Services (BHRS) treatment modality that IBC has perfected, and the obligations of State Medicaid Authorities under the Medicaid Act. This document has been used as the foundation for expert testimony in Federal court and for Post-Graduate level training in Medicaid funding for treatment of children at the Institute for Behavior Change since 2007 and is continuously updated, including challenges to the “Rehabilitation Option” and BHRS that have arisen periodically (and our effective responses to them).
A Glossary of Terms This document will help parents, advocates and professionals understand the “language of behavior change” as it is spoken by State and County bureaucrats and Managed Care Organizations. Knowledge is power, and those who know the meanings of the terms that these groups use — understanding their definitions (and how they diverge from laws and other protective rules) — is key to successfully winning the battle for funding.
Discounted rates for conferences and presentations by the founder of the Institute for Behavior Change and the creator of the IBC model of BHRS delivery, Steven Kossor. Click here to view resume.
The NABP annual membership fee is $2,500. Questions concerning NABP membership and discounts that are available for parents of children with disabilities should be directed to sakossor@ibc-pa.org
