Medicaid & BHOS Resources


Overview

In the Florida, only those Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) residential commitment programs that are low- or moderate-risk levels and operated by private providers are considered Medicaid-allowable programs.  In order for a residential program to provide Behavioral Health Overlay Services (BHOS) that are reimbursed by Medicaid, that program must first be "deemed essential" by DJJ as a BHOS for a specified number of beds.  That provider must then begin the Medicaid and BHOS certification processes with Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).  Each residential program has a description page on this web site that includes whether or not that program provides BHOS services.

Conference Calls

Quarterly, DJJ hosts a statewide conference call for residential program Medicaid liaisons with liaisons from the Department of Children & Families (DCF) and AHCA.  The schedule is as follows and all calls begin at 10 a.m. (Eastern):

  • Wed., Aug. 8, 2012;
  • Wed., Nov. 14, 2012; 
  • Wed., Feb. 13, 2013; and
  • Wed., May 8, 2013.

Contacts & Lists

Not all Medicaid-allowable programs are "deemed essential" BHOS providers.

For providers or agencies that need general information about DJJ-Child In Care Medicaid, BHOS or Medicaid-allowable programs, please contact:


Lytha Belrose

Statewide Medicaid Liaison

Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Office of Residential Services

2737 Centerview Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32399-3100

(850) 921-4102
(850) 414-6526

Need To Know

The following is provided to assist DJJ residential commitment programs with questions about Medicaid, BHOS, enrollment and current information that affects juvenile justice-involved youths.

How to ...

Manually Process Medicaid

If JJIS is down or your e-mail program is not working and you are unable to process Medicaid forms electronically, please click on the following forms, print them, complete them, and fax them to the appropriate offices.