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NC Medicaid and Health Choice will reimburse providers for medically necessary drugs and services and equipment and supplies provided during the Hurricane Florence emergency without prior approval from Sept. 14 through Oct. 5, 2018.
Residents in 27 counties impacted by Hurricane Florence can apply for help buying food through the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or "D-SNAP."
NC Medicaid Flexibilities due to Hurricane Florence Extended through Sept. 28, 2018
Per the Sept. 12, 2018, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) Medicaid Bulletin, SCDHHS will, in good faith, reimburse North Carolina qualified providers not currently enrolled with or otherwise pre-approved by the South Carolina Medicaid program for medically necessary and time-sensitive services rendered to South Carolina Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiaries.
Effective Aug. 1, 2018, the Division of Medical Assistance (DMA) and Division of Health Benefits (DHB) combined into one division called the NCDHHS Division of Health Benefits.
On April 2, 2018, General Dynamics Information Technology acquired CSRA Inc. CSRA is now "CSRA State and Local Solutions LLC, A General Dynamics Information Technology Company," or simply "GDIT."
Influenza Vaccine and Reimbursement Guidelines for 2018-2019 for Medicaid and NC Health Choice.
The clinical criteria used by NC Medicaid for the 2018/2019 Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) season are consistent with guidance published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): 2018 – 2021 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 31th Edition.
It has come to NC Medicaid’s attention that claims for balloon sinus ostial dilation billed with modifier 50 (bilateral), were resulting in an under payment to providers. The issue has been resolved.
Sterilization claims must be submitted with ICD-10-CM diagnosis Z30.2 (encounter for sterilization) as the primary or secondary diagnosis code on the claim.
Facility providers can access Sterilization Consent Form status including denial reasons, on the secure NCTracks Provider Portal, if the sterilization consent form has been properly completed.
The following CPT codes should not be billed with a separate office visit. An office visit component is included in reimbursement for these CPT codes.
Family Planning Medicaid provides limited coverage to beneficiaries with MAFDN eligibility.
In response to provider requests and to allow reimbursement for behavioral health integration in primary care settings, North Carolina Medicaid is adding coverage for the following evaluation and management codes effective October 1, 2018.
NC-MIPS is accepting Program Year 2018 Modified Stage 2 and Stage 3 MU attestations.