Section 410.443 - Adult Day Health Program Services(A) An adult day health program is an organized program of health care and supervision, restorative services, and social activities whose general goal is to provide an alternative to long-term institutional care.(B) The MassHealth agency pays for services provided as part of an organized adult day health program by a hospital outpatient department. These services must be furnished in accordance with the MassHealth regulations governing adult day health programs in 130 CMR 404.000: Adult Day Health Services. (See Subchapter 5 of the Outpatient Hospital Manual for information about obtaining the Adult Day Health Manual, which contains the necessary regulations.)(C) Acute hospital-based adult day health programs will be paid according to the outpatient payment methodology established by the signed MassHealth provider agreement.(D) Nonacute hospital-based adult day health programs will be paid according to the regulations governing adult day health services in 130 CMR 404.000: Adult Day Health Services.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1344, eff. 7/28/2017.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1461, eff. 1/21/2022.