Massachusetts MassHealth enrollment requirement
Section 6401 of the Affordable Care Act requires that, for MassHealth services that must be ordered, referred or prescribed, the provider who ordered, referred or prescribed the service must be enrolled with MassHealth for the claim for the service to be payable.
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers are eligible to order, refer or prescribe services for MassHealth members and, under state law, must apply to enroll with MassHealth at least as ordering and referring (nonbilling) providers to obtain and maintain state licensure. Providers who are already enrolled with MassHealth have already met the requirement and do not need to take further action.
MassHealth has created a Nonbilling Provider Application for providers in provider types that are not eligible to enroll as fully participating providers. This application can also be used byproviders who are eligible to enroll in MassHealth as fully participating providers but who choose not to now.
Providers who wish to apply to enroll as nonbilling providers must download the materials from the MassHealth website at http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/provider/insurance/masshealth/aca/aca-section-6401enrollment-information.html and send their completed and signed Nonbilling Provider Application and Nonbilling Provider Contract by mail to the MassHealth Customer Service Center (CSC) at:
MassHealth Customer Service Center
Attn: Provider Enrollment and Credentialing
PO Box 121205
Boston, MA 02112-1205
Providers who enroll with MassHealth as nonbilling providers via the Nonbilling Provider Application are not fully participating MassHealth providers and are not eligible to submit claims to MassHealth.
Providers who have questions, or, if eligible, would like to request a fully participating provider application should contact the MassHealth Customer Service Center at 1-800-841-2900 with any questions or, if eligible, to request a fully participating provider application.