1) AHCCCS – Covered Behavioral Health Services Guide update (effective Oct 1, 2025)
AHCCCS issued a major update to the Covered Behavioral Health Services Guide, effective 10/01/2025, with multiple clarifications relevant to licensed BH facilities and professionals.
Key points that impact BH providers:
Clarified supervision requirements:
Associate-level BHPs may supervise BHPPs and oversee BHTs only if they are practicing under the clinical supervision of an independently licensed BHP in line with AzBBHE standards.
Re-emphasis that BHPPs may not conduct or bill for counseling/therapy services; only appropriately licensed/credentialed staff may do so.
Detailed billing limitations and documentation expectations for:
Counseling/therapy.
Medical services and medication services.
Crisis services, including ET modifier requirements for contracted crisis providers.
For any provider billing AHCCCS (ACC-RBHAs/TRBHAs), these are operationally mandatory and should be reflected in job descriptions, supervision structures, documentation templates, and billing workflows.
2) AHCCCS Quality Management / BHP disclosure expectations (Oct 29, 2025 training)
An AHCCCS Quality Management overview dated Oct. 29, 2025 reiterates that behavioral health providers must keep AHCCCS up to date on their Behavioral Health Professional (BHP) rosters and disclose personnel changes within 30 days, typically via APEP
BHRFs, outpatient BH clinics, and integrated clinics contracted with AHCCCS need:
A process to report BHP hires, terminations, and adverse actions within required timeframes.
Consistency between HR records, APEP enrollment, and what’s documented in clinical supervision hierarchies.