Can assessments/evaluations across both OASAS and OMH certified agencies be standardized to allow for one agency to utilize anothers already recently conducted assessment/evaluation?
• Co-located programs have to be able to demonstrate to outside auditors, such as CMS, that certain services have been provided in accordance with governing Medicaid regulations. It is not clear whether use of an assessment or evaluation service prepared and documented by another agency might prove problematic in this respect. In addition, the clinical and liability implications of relying on another programs work would have to be carefully evaluated before selected as a possible solution. • Can permission be obtained to use the same receptionists for chemical dependency and mental health clients in a co-located treatment setting? In our County clinic, currently, chemical dependency and mental health outpatient clinic patients use one waiting room, but must speak to receptionists through different round holes cut into the glass surrounding the receptionists, based on grounds that the OASAS patients confidentiality might be violated if more than one receptionist were to be involved. • O
