Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) Self-Attestation of Compliance with Restraint and Seclusion Standards and Provider Agreement Validation for Certification and Recertification

Memorandum Summary
• PRTFs are required to complete a self-attestation and provider agreement- To obtain compliance with §483.374(a) and §483.374(a)(1)-(2), each certified PRTF must submit an attestation to the State Medicaid Agency (SMA) and have an active provider agreement with the SMA.
• State Survey Agency (SA) PRTF self-attestation validation – In accordance with the State Operations Manual (SOM), SAs are required to validate and input a certified PRTF’s self-attestation into CMS’ survey documentation system at the time of recertification.
• SA PRTF provider agreement validation- CMS is now requiring SAs to validate and input a certified PRTF’s active provider agreement with the SMA into the survey documentation system at the time of a recertification survey.