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Regulations require that PCPs offer behavioral health screenings to MassHealth members under age 21

Providers can learn more about these services via the following:

Behavioral health screening and reimbursement

See the chart below for accepted screening tools that providers must offer, including links to more details about the tools.

Table 1.	Behavioral health screening tools	Who completes the tool?	Appropriate age group for the tool
ASQ:SE	Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional	Parent	6-60 months
BITSEA	Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment	Parent	12-36 months
CRAFFT	Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Friends, Trouble (screening for substance use)	Youth	14-21 years
ECSA	Early Childhood Screening Assesment	Parent	18-60 months
EPDS	Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale	Parent	Up to age 21 with an infant 0-6 months
M-CHAT/ M-CHAT-R/F	Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers Revised with Follow-up Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers	Parent	16-30 months
PEDS	Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status	Parent	Birth to 8 years
PHQ-9	Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (screening for depression) www.integration.samhsa.gov/images/res/PHQ%20-%20Questions.pdf	Youth	13+ years
PSC/ PSC-Y	Pediatric Symptom Checklist/ Pediatric Symptom Checklist-Youth Report www.massgeneral.org/psychiatry/services/psc_home.aspx	Parent/ Youth	4 to 16 years/ 11-18+ years
SDQ	Self-rated SDQ Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire	Parent/ Youth	3-16 years/ 11-16 years
SWYC	Survey of Well-Being of Young Children	Parent	0-60 months

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