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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Colleagues: The Board is sending the following survey at the request of OHA. We encourage supervisors of registered associates to participate- in particular those who would
be impacted by the <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/OHP/Pages/BH-Licensing.aspx">
upcoming proposed OHA change</a> to restrict Medicaid coverage to registrants who are practicing only in COA or OHA-licensed practice settings. (Please note that this change is not proposed to apply to psychologist residents)
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Survey for Behavioral Health Providers</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) invites you to participate in a behavioral health provider survey. Your feedback will help inform a
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/OHPB/MtgDocs/6.1%20OHA%20BHAsocciatesInterns%201.16.2025.pdf" title="https://www.oregon.gov/oha/OHPB/MtgDocs/6.1%20OHA%20BHAsocciatesInterns%201.16.2025.pdf">
proposed policy change</a> that would require board registered associates (clinical social work associates, board-registered marriage and family therapist associates, and board-registered professional counselor associates) to be employed by a provider with
certificate of approval from OHA in order to bill Medicaid. Currently this is not a requirement for Board registered Associates. We are particularly interested in hearing from board-registered associates, licensed behavioral health providers, and licensed
clinical supervisors. Thank you in advance for sharing your important perspective and helping everyone in Oregon access quality behavioral health care. The
<a href="https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/a9591c7d36e54e81b451eda965d32880" title="Original URL: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/a9591c7d36e54e81b451eda965d32880. Click or tap if you trust this link.">
Behavioral Health Provider Feedback Survey</a>, will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Please inquire with the agency you work for about weather or not your organization has a Certificate of Approval (COA) from the Behavioral Health Division, before
completing the survey. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If you have questions or feedback about this proposed rule, please email
<a href="mailto:Feedback@odhsoha.oregon.gov" title="mailto:Feedback@odhsoha.oregon.gov">
feedback@odhsoha.oregon.gov</a>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please note that proposal is not a Board initiative</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">OBOP Staff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:green">Data Classification: Level 1, Published</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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