Kansas Psychological Association Professional Resources
Our goal is to provide members with the information they need to manage their careers. Listed below are agencies and organizations that can provide additional resources.
KPA Members can access more information by entering the Members Only section of this website.
HIPAA Security Rule Online Compliance Workbook
American Psychological Association
Missouri Psychological Association (MoPA)
Association for Psychological Science
LINKS TO RELATED PROFESSIONAL SITES
KPA does not accept responsibility for information located at these sites and offers the links solely as a convenience to visitors to the KPA site.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANZIATIONS AND DIVISION WEBSITES
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS
KANSAS BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD
AMERICAN BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
ASSOCIATION OF STATE AND PROVINCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BOARDS
KANSAS ASSOCIATION FOR PLAY THERAPY (KAPT)
BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS AND GREATER KANSAS CITY
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION OF THE GREAT PLAINS
INFORMATION FOR PROFESSIONALS
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE INFORMATION
KEEP UP TO DATE WITH PSYCHOLOGY NEWS
PROFESSIONAL RENEWAL CENTER (LAWRENCE)
INFORMATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS FOR CONSUMERS & PROFESSIONALS
INFORMATION FOR CONSUMERS
RESOURCE LISTING FOR CONSUMERS WHO CANNOT AFFORD MEDS
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL (KANSAS CHAPTER)
INFORMATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS FOR CONSUMERS & PROFESSIONALS
ADDICTION AND RECOVERY RESOURCES
NA GROUPS PLAINS AREA (WINFIELD & ARKANSAS CITY)
SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
EATING DISORDER RESOURCES
ACADEMY FOR EATING DISORDERS (AED)
MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS IN KANSAS
AREA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER (GARDEN CITY)
BERT NASH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER (LAWRENCE)
COMCARE OF SEDGWICK COUNTY (WICHITA)
THE GUIDANCE CENTER (LEAVENWORTH)
HIGH PLAIN MENTAL HEALTH CENTER (HAYS)
Feedback welcome if there is a site which warrants attention but is not listed above.
CPT Code Information Page
Given the growing interest in the CPT Codes, it was decided to provide additional information to KPA members. This page will be updated periodically as more information is received. The following information is the notice released by APA on these new codes.
Practice Directorate update on the health and behavior assessment and intervention CPT codes- July 26, 2004
Effective January 1, 2002, the American Medical Association’s Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Manual contained six new billing codes designed to capture behavioral services provided to patients to address physical health problems. There is one code for the initial assessment of the patient and another for a reassessment. The four intervention codes are for services with an individual, a group, a family including the patient, and a family without the patient present.
Medicare coverage of the codes
Throughout 2002, representatives of the State Psychological Associations (SPAs) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) worked along with the APA Practice Organization (APAPO) to ensure that Medicare carriers were reimbursing for services under the codes. The initial problems were resolved and Medicare carriers across the country are now paying for services under the codes. Both inpatients and outpatients are eligible for health and behavior services under Medicare. Psychologists should refer to their local carriers’ policies for any limitations on coverage of services in their area.
Limited coverage under Medicaid
While not as far along as Medicare, coverage under Medicaid has improved. In the past year, Colorado and Vermont began reimbursing for health and behavior services through their State Medicaid plans. We will continue to work with psychologists and the SPAs to advocate for Medicaid to cover these services.
The private insurance market
APAPO is working with individual psychologists and the SPAs to raise the coverage issue with carriers in their geographic areas. Psychologists are well positioned to advocate to the carriers because they play an important role as providers of service under the carriers’ policies and can best articulate the needs of their patients. Thanks to the efforts of individual psychologists, the following private carriers are now reimbursing claims in certain geographic areas:
Aetna
Blue Cross / Blue Shield of North Carolina
CareFirst Blue Cross / Blue Shield
Cigna
Fortis
Mid-Atlantic Medical Services, Inc (MAMSI) – the Washington, DC area
Mutual of Omaha
Nationwide Mutual
RISKCO – under the Virginia workers compensation program
WPPA – Wichita, KS
Psychologists with questions about the health and behavior codes may contact the Government Relations office at 202-336-5889.