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BH3575_Spec Attest Rev. v.15_092021 United Behavioral Health and United Behavioral Health of New York, I.P.A., Inc. operating under the brand Optum
U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California doing business as OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions of California
Optum Attested Expertise
You must sign this document even if you are not requesting any of these specialty designations in your provider record.
Additional training, experience, requirements, and/or outside agency approval is required for the following populations, professional
certifications, and specialties. Please review Specialty Requirements on pages 5-7.
If you are not requesting a specialty designation, please check the “No Specialties” box at the bottom of the list to indicate you have
read this form and acknowledge that you have not requested these specialties.
I have reviewed the Optum Specialty Requirements criteria that a Clinician must meet to be considered a specialist in the following
treatment areas. After reviewing the criteria, I hereby attest that by placing a check next to a specialty or specialties, I meet Optum
requirements for that treatment area.
Non-Physician Specialties
Child/Adolescent (please specify all ages that you treat)
Infant Mental Health (0-3 years)
Preschool (0-5 years)
Children (6-12 years)
Adolescents (13-18 years)
Geriatrics
Buprenorphine – Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
(submit DEA registration with the DATA 2000
prescribing identification number)
Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP) (submit
Certification from IBCGP)
Chemical Dependency / Substance Abuse / Substance
Use Disorder (SUD)
Child and Adolescent Strengths and Needs (CANS) 2.0
Assessor (submit documentation verifying
completion of training and certification as Assessor)
Child and Adolescent Strengths and Needs (CANS) 2.0
(Child Welfare) Assessor (submit documentation
verifying completion of training and certification as
Assessor)
Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Community Support Team Treatment (CST)
Comprehensive Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation (CMDE)
Coordinated Specialty Care for First Episode Psychosis
(CSC)
Developmental Relationship-Based Intervention (DRBI)
(submit copy of certification)
Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral
Intervention (EIDBI)
Early Intervention Provider (Virginia Medicaid Only –
submit applicable certification)
Medicaid Office-Based Opioid Treatment Program
(OBOT)
Neuropsychological Testing
Office-Based Addictions Treatment (OBAT)
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
Preschool PTSD Treatment (PPT)
Prolonged Exposure (PE)
Substance Abuse Expert (submit Nuclear Regulatory
Commission qualification training certificate)
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-
CBT) (submit copy of TF-CBT certification)
Child/Adolescent (please specify all ages that you
treat) – Psychologists only
Infant Mental Health (0-3 years)
Preschool (0-5 years)
Children (6-12 years)
Adolescents (13-18 years)
Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP) (submit
Certification from IBCGP)
Chemical Dependency / Substance Abuse /
Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
Child and Adolescent Strengths and Needs (CANS)
2.0 Assessor (submit documentation verifying
completion of training and certification as
Assessor)
Child and Adolescent Strengths and Needs (CANS)
2.0 (Child Welfare) Assessor (submit documentation
verifying completion of training and certification
as Assessor)
Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Community Support Team Treatment (CST)
Comprehensive Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation (CMDE
Coordinated Specialty Care for First Episode
Psychosis (CSC)
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (submit CISD
certificate)
Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral
Intervention (EIDBI)
Early Intervention Provider (Virginia Medicaid Only –
submit applicable certification)
Employee Assistance Professional
Neuropsychological Testing – Psychologists only
Nurses and Physician Assistants – Buprenorphine –
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) (submit
certification email from DEA)
Nurses–Prescriptive Privileges (submit ANCC
certificate, Prescriptive Authority, DEA certificate
and/or State
Controlled Substance certificate, based upon state
requirement)
Office-Based Addictions Treatment (OBAT)
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
Preschool PTSD Treatment (PPT)
Prolonged Exposure (PE)