130 C.M.R. 411.402
The following terms used in 130 CMR 411.000 have the meanings given in 130 CMR 411.402, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
Case Consultation. Intervention, including scheduled audio-only telephonic, audio-video, or in- person meetings, for behavioral and medical management purposes on a member’s behalf with agencies, employers, or institutions which may include the preparation of reports of the member’s psychiatric status, history, treatment, or progress (other than for legal purposes) for other physicians, agencies, or insurance carriers.
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS). A tool that provides a standardized way to organize information gathered during behavioral-health clinical assessments. A Massachusetts version of the tool has been developed and is intended to be used as a treatment decision support tool for behavioral-health providers serving MassHealth members younger than 21 years old.
Couple Therapy. Psychotherapeutic services provided to a couple whose primary complaint is the disruption of their marriage, family, or relationship.
Developmental Assessment. The assessment of developmental status including the administration of developmental testing to assess fine and/or gross motor, language, cognitive-level, social, memory, and/or executive functions.
Developmental Testing. The assessment of fine and/or gross motor, language, cognitive-level, social, memory, and/or executive functions by standardized developmental instruments, which may include the interpretation and reporting of results.
Diagnostic Services Evaluation. The examination and determination by interview techniques of a member’s physical, psychological, social, economic, educational, and vocational capabilities and disabilities for the purposes of developing a diagnostic formulation and designing a treatment plan.
Family Consultation. A scheduled meeting of at least one-half hour with one or more of the parents, legal guardian, or foster parents of a child who is being treated by the provider when the parents, legal guardian, or foster parents are not clients of the provider.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Subchapter Number and Title Page
MassHealth 4. Program Regulations
4-2
Provider Manual Series (130 CMR 411.000)
Transmittal Letter Date
Psychologist Manual
PSY-26 04/01/25
Family Therapy. The psychotherapeutic treatment of more than one member of a family simultaneously in the same session.
Group Therapy. The application of psychotherapeutic or counseling techniques to a group of persons, most of whom are not related by blood, marriage, or legal guardianship.
Individual Therapy. Psychotherapeutic services provided to an individual.
Intelligence Assessment. A battery of tests to measure intelligence and cognitive ability, listed in the Mental Measurement Yearbook, or that conforms to the Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests of the American Psychological Association, such as a full Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, or Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales.
Multiple-family Group Therapy. The treatment of more than one family unit, at the same time in the same visit, by one or more authorized staff member. In this type of therapy, there must be more than one family member present per family unit and at least one of the family members per family unit must be an identified patient of the center.
Neuropsychological Assessment. A battery of performance-based assessments provided by an eligible provider that assesses cognitive functioning in order to examine the cognitive consequences of brain damage, brain disease, physical, and mental illness, and other conditions that may impact cognitive functioning. A neuropsychological assessment may include tests of intelligence, attention and concentration, learning and memory, processing speed, visual spatial perception, language skills, visual motor and fine motor skills, sensory perception, executive functioning, and emotional functioning.
Personality Assessment. A battery of techniques that yield an evaluation of personality, using at least two personality tests that are listed in the Mental Measurement Yearbook, or that conform to the Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests of the American Psychological Association, unless clinically contraindicated.
Psychological Assessment. The use of standardized test instruments and procedures to evaluate aspects of a member’s functioning. Psychological assessment includes intelligence, neuropsychological, developmental, and personality assessments. Test instruments used for psychological assessment must be published, valid, and in general use as defined by listing in the Mental Measurement Yearbook or successor publication, or by conformity to the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing of the American Psychological Association.
Psychotherapy. The use of psychological and interpersonal theories and related practice methodologies to assess, interpret and modify conscious and unconscious processes of behavior.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Subchapter Number and Title Page
MassHealth 4. Program Regulations
4-3
Provider Manual Series (130 CMR 411.000)
Transmittal Letter Date
Psychologist Manual
PSY-26 04/01/25
Telehealth. The use of synchronous or asynchronous audio, video, electronic media or other telecommunications technology, including, but not limited to:
Treatment Service. A service related to diminishing the distress and symptoms of mental health or substance use disorder, as defined by the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, including, but not limited to, individual, couple, family, and group psychotherapy. The use of evidence-based treatment modalities is encouraged.