Medical Necessity Assessment Guide

Make sure the permissions for the MNA are turned on the company account area for all roles that the MNA is needed.  It is recommended to turn on the MNA for Role 4 (Administrators) and Role 2 (BCBAs).  IF your BCBAs are set up under a different role, it's recommended to give them access as well.

Check off the following in the company account under each preferred role

• View Medical Necessity Assessment

• Create Medical Necessity Assessment

• Click on a client that you'd like to complete the MNA

• Click on the Assessment tab

• Click View Assessment on Medical Necessity

Start the Assessment by Selecting "Create New Assessment"

Select Initial or Service Re-authorization for the assessment:

• Initial Review: Use the initial service authorization for any new clients starting services with you (regardless of their past services with another organization). 

• Concurrent Review: Use the concurrent/on-going review for service reauthorization for any client that has been assessed and provided treatment at your organization within the last 6 month period (regardless of who the providing clinician was).

Complete the assessment by responding to all questions in different areas that help to determine medical necessity criteria.  If additional comments are needed, use the comment field to add more information.

Treatment Model Identification:

Open

Planning Considerations

Open

Learning Considerations

Open

Environmental Considerations

Open

Dosage Considerations

Open

Review the assessment results and click on finish.  

To review your responses, you can click on the "Prev" button on the bottom left hand corner to look at your previous responses before pressing finish and finalizing the assessment.

Press the Blue Finish Button at bottom right hand corner to view the assessment results and recommendations.

The recommendations include:

• Type of Treatment package recommended based on the responses given

• Total Recommend Direct Service Hours (+ / - 5)

• How the total direct services hours were determined by responses on the assessment (left hand side)

• Review the Research Paper

• Print out the Summary Report or the Detailed Report

• Save your Recommendation/Assessment to the File Cabinet