2013 Medicaid Bulletin Index
Medicaid bulletin articles and special bulletins organized by provider type for 2013.
All Providers
- 2013 NCTracks Provider Checkwrite Schedule Available, 5/13
- 2013 New CPT/HCPCS Codes, 3/13
- A+KIDS Facsimile Form Revision Effective March 1, 2013, 2/13
- Benzoyl Peroxide Products, 2/13
- Bone Conduction Hearing Aids Policy and Billing Instructions for Medicaid Providers, 2/13
- Changes in Medicaid Prior Approval Policies and Procedures, Recipient Due Process (Appeals), and Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Webinar, 1/13
- Clinical Coverage Policy, 1/13, 2/13, 3/13, 4/13, 5/13
- Correct Coding Edits – CPT Code 29806, 1/13
- Corrected 1099 Requests for Tax Years 2010, 2011 and 2012: Action Required by March 1, 2013, 1/13
- CPT Code Update 2013, 1/13
- CPT Procedure Code 36147, 2/13
- CPT Code Update: Sleep Studies, 4/13
- CPT Code Update: Special Ophthalmological Services, 2/13
- CPT Provider Update, 3/13 (codes 51727, 51728, 51729, 51784, 91122, 97032, 97750)
- EHR Webinar Series for Providers, 2/13
- Electromyography Add-on Codes, 4/13
- Enrollment and Application Fees - UPDATE, 1/13
- Enrollment and Application Fees - REVISED, 2/13, 3/13, 4/13, 5/13
- HCPCS Procedure Code Changes for the Physician’s Drug Program, 5/13
- Implementation of Additional Correct Coding Edits: Facility Duplicates, 1/13
- Implementation of Password Management Changes for NCECS Web Tool and Secure FTP Users, 3/13
- Laboratory Audits: Recovery Audit Contract II (RACII), 3/13
- Maintaining the Security and Accessibility of Records after a Provider Agency Closes, 2/13
- Medicaid Beneficiary Fee-for-Service (Dental, Behavioral Health, Medical) Authorizations Following an Office of Administrative Hearings Decision, 3/13
- Medicaid Beneficiary Fee-for-Service (Dental, Behavioral Health, Medical) Hearings, 2/13
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Medicaid Prior Approval Policies and Procedures, Recipient Due Process (Appeals), and Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Webinar, 2/13, 3/13
- National Correct Coding Initiative: Additional Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP) Edits, 1/13
- National Correct Coding Initiative: Billing Guidance - UPDATE, 1/13
- N.C. DHHS Secretary Wos Calls for Immediate Freeze on Old Medicaid Computer System, 2/13
- N.C. Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Updates (monthly updates), 3/13, 4/13, 5/13
- N.C. Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Webinar Series, 1/13
- NC Medicaid Provider Direct Enrollment and Screening – REVISED, 3/13
- N.C. Medicaid Provider Direct Enrollment and Screening - UPDATE, 1/13, 2/13
- N.C. Medicaid Recovery Audit Contract II (RACII), 2/13
- NCTracks Currently Enrolled Provider (CEP) Registration Process, 4/13
- NCTracks: The new multi-payer system for N.C. DHHS coming on July 1, 2013, 3/13, 5/13
- NCTracks Provider Checklist for Go-Live, 4/13
- NCTracks: Providers Should Verify Trading Partners NCTracks Certification, 4/13
- NCTracks Provider Training Opportunities, 4/13
- Occupational and Physical Therapists and Orthotics and Prosthetics Providers, 5/13
- Password Management Changes for NCECS Web Tool and Secure FTP Users, 2/13
- Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) in North Carolina, 1/13, 4/13, 5/13
- Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (Prevnar 13, PCV13, CPT Code 90670) Update: Revised Billing Guidelines for PDP, 5/13
- Pre-Enrollment Site Visit: What to Expect
Enrollment and Application Fees – REVISED, 4/13
- Program Integrity Prepayment Claims Review, 3/13
- Provider Affiliation Information is Needed for NCTracks, 1/13
- Provider Responsibilities in a PERM and Program Integrity Review or Audit, 2/13
- Providers with Pended Claims for Inactive Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Status, 5/13
- Psychiatric Services Available to Pregnant Medicaid Beneficiaries, 2/13
- Recredentialing is Required for All N.C. Medicaid and NCHC Providers a Minimum of Every Three Years, 2/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - Cutoff Dates for Transition from Legacy Claims Processing and Payment Systems to NCTracks, 4/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program (Feb. 2013 - Updated version of bulletin originally published in June 2012 and Revised Oct.2012)
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - Electronic Health Record Incentive Program, 5/13
- Subscribe & Receive Email Alerts on Important N.C. Medicaid and N.C. Health Choice Updates, 1/13, 2/13, 3/13, 4/13, 5/13
- Termination of Inactive N.C. Medicaid and N.C. Health Choice Provider Numbers, 1/13, 3/13, 4/13
- Updated EOB Code Crosswalk to HIPAA Standard Codes, 2/13
- Updates to Recommended Referral Forms for Use between Primary Care and Behavioral Health Providers, 2/13
Adult Care Home Providers
Community Care of NC/Carolina ACCESS
Community Alternative Programs (CAP)
Critical Access Behavioral Health Agencies (CABHA)
Dental Providers
American Dental Association Code Updates, 1/13
Enhanced Behavioral Health (Community Intervention) Services
Health Department Dental Providers
HIV Case Management Providers
Hospice Providers
IDD Providers
- Referrals for Outpatient Behavioral Health Services, 2/13, 3/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - Extension of CAP-I/DD Waiver, 1/13 (Note: This is an update to the October 2012 Medicaid Bulletin regarding CAP I/DD services)
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - 1915 (b)/(c) Waiver Expansion in Coastal Care, 2/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - 1915 (b)/(c) Waiver Expansion in CoastalCare, 1/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - 1915 (b)/(c) Waiver Expansion in MeckLINK, 2/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - Behavioral Health CPT© Code Changes for Psychotherapy and Psychodiagnostic Interviewing; Addition of Outpatient Crisis Services, 1/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - CAP I/DD Waiver Transitions in Mecklenburg County, 1/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - Services and Local Management Entity-Managed Care
Organizations (LME-MCOs), 1/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - Termination of Western Highlands Network Management of the 1915 b/c Waivers, 4/13
- Updates to Recommended Referral Forms for Use Between Primary Care and Behavioral Health Providers, 2/13
In-Home Care Providers
Institutional (UB-04) Billers
Laboratory Providers
LME/MCO
N.C. Health Check
N.C. Health Choice
- Billing Guidance for NCCI Denials for
Health Check and N.C. Health
Choice (NCHC) Wellness Claims, 4/13
- Bone Conduction Hearing Aids Policy and Billing Instructions for N.C. Health Choice Providers, 2/13
- FQHC and RHC Denial Codes, 3/13
- Health Choice Wellness Exam Components and Reimbursement, 3/13
- Intrauterine Copper Contraceptive Denials, 4/13
- N.C. Health Choice Timely Filing, 4/13
- Subscribe & Receive Email Alerts on Important N.C. Medicaid and N.C. Health Choice Updates, 1/13, 2/13, 3/13, 4/13, 5/13
N.C. Innovations
Nurse Practitioners
Outpatient Behavioral Health Services
Personal Care Service Providers
Pharmacists
- Benzodiazepines and Barbiturates
are No Longer Covered for Dual
Eligible Beneficiaries, 1/13
- Concurrent Use of Methadone and Benzodiazepines, 4/13
- Delay in Non-Enrolled Prescriber Edit, 3/13, 4/13
- Hemophilia Specialty Pharmacy Program, 1/13
- New BIN instructions for the free ACCU-CHEK Free Meter program, 1/13
- Pharmacy Dispensing Fee Changes, 1/13
- Prescribers not Enrolled in Medicaid, 1/13, 2/13
- ProAir Placed on Preferred Drug List (PDL), 4/13
- Recipient Opt-In Program and Monthly Prescription Limits, 2/13
Physicians
- Affordable Care Act Enhanced Payments to Primary Care Physicians - REVISED, 2/13
- Hyaluronan or Derivative, Gel-One, for Intra-Articular Injection: Billing Guidelines for PDP, 5/13
- Referrals for Outpatient Behavioral Health Services, 2/13, 3/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - 1915 (b)/(c) Waiver Expansion in Coastal Care, 2/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - 1915 (b)/(c) Waiver Expansion in CoastalCare, 1/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - 1915 (b)/(c) Waiver Expansion in MeckLINK, 2/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - Behavioral Health CPT© Code Changes for Psychotherapy and Psychodiagnostic Interviewing; Addition of Outpatient Crisis Services, 1/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - Termination of Western Highlands Network Management of the 1915 b/c Waivers, 4/13
Podiatrists
Prescribers
Psychiatric Hospitals
Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities
- Letters of Attestation for Compliance with Federal Seclusion and Restraint Regulations, 4/13
- Referrals for Outpatient Behavioral Health Services, 2/13, 3/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - Extension of CAP-I/DD Waiver, 1/13 (Note: This is an update to the October 2012 Medicaid Bulletin regarding CAP I/DD services)
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - 1915 (b)/(c) Waiver Expansion in Coastal Care, 2/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - 1915 (b)/(c) Waiver Expansion in CoastalCare, 1/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - 1915 (b)/(c) Waiver Expansion in MeckLINK, 2/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - Behavioral Health CPT© Code Changes for Psychotherapy and Psychodiagnostic Interviewing; Addition of Outpatient Crisis Services, 1/13
- SPECIAL BULLETIN - Termination of Western Highlands Network Management of the 1915 b/c Waivers, 4/13
- Updates to Recommended Referral Forms for Use between Primary Care and Behavioral Health Providers, 2/13
Residential Child care Treatment Facilities
