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County of Fresno
DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
�� 50 SUSAN L.HOLT,LMFT
DIRECTOR
E� PUBLIC GUARDIAN
October 19, 2023
Ryan Banks
Chief Executive Officer
Turning Point of Central California, Inc.
PO Box 7447
Visalia, CA 93290
Dear Mr. Banks,
On June 20, 2023 the Board of Supervisors executed County Agreement No. 23-296
("Agreement") with Turning Point of Central California, Inc. ("Contractor") for specialty mental
health services in the Forensic Behavioral Health Continuum of Care through the substance use
disorder and co-occurring mental health outpatient program and full service partnership and
assertive community treatment program.
Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) established County hourly rates based on
classification, which were used to determine rates for contracted providers. After the Agreement
was drafted, DHCS established a different reimbursement rate for Supplemental/Add-On
service codes. These are codes that describe additional and simultaneous services that were
provided to the beneficiary during the visit or codes that describe the additional severity of the
person's served condition. These codes cannot be billed independently. They must be billed
with another (primary) procedure.
The Supplemental/Add On service codes are not currently part of the Agreement. Per Article 25-
General Terms, the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) Director or designee has the
authority to make changes to the service rates in Exhibit J that are needed to accommodate
state mandated rate increases that do not add or alter any other items or conditions of the
Agreement. The DBH Director will be adding the Supplemental/Add-On service codes to the
Agreement so that Contractors can bill for these additional services, as applicable.
The following Supplemental/Add-On service codes are hereby added to Exhibit J and are
contingent on the guidance and requirements stated by DHCS.
Service Unit Maximum Units that Rate per Unit
Can be Billed
Interactive 15 mins per unit 1 per allowed $16.50
Complexity procedure per
provider per
beneficiary
Sign Language or 15 mins per unit Variable $30.00
Oral Interpretive
Services
1925 E.Dakota Ave.,Fresno,CA 93726
PHONE(559)600-9180 www.hopefresnocount.
The County of Fresno is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
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If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to your Contracts Analyst, Judy Pereira
at jpereira(LDfresnocountyca.gov or (559) 600-6831.
Respectfully,
Susan Holt(Oct 19,202311:52 PDT)
Susan L. Holt, Director
Department of Behavioral Health
Upon signature of this letter, Contractor agrees to this modification of the Agreement retroactive
to July 1, 2023.
Date: 10/19/2023
Ryan Banks, Chief Executive Officer
10/19/2023
Date:
William Goodall, Chief Financial Officer
1925 E.Dakota Ave.,Fresno,CA 93726
PHONE(559)600-9180 www.hopefresnocount.
The County of Fresno is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
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