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Topics Related to COVID-19
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to permit the emergency use of the unapproved product sotrovimab monoclonal antibody (MAB) for the treatment of certain patients.
Effective July 29, 2021, Session Law 2021-62 (NC Senate Bill 594), repeals portions of the 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act that permitted the temporary lifting of certain enrollment requirements for providers enrolling in NC Medicaid during the global healthcare emergency.
This Special Bulletin is being released to inform NC Medicaid providers of COVID-19 rate reimbursement that providers will receive from Prepaid Health Plans (PHPs) under NC Medicaid Managed Care.
ADDENDUM to Special Bulletin #168: The addendum was updated to include information regarding guidance on billing and coding criteria, guidance for parents, counseling methods, reimbursement ranges and the time frame during which the code is valid.
NC Medicaid is extending COVID-19 temporary provider rate increases for all providers except hospitals and clinical coverage policies through July 31, 2021.
Effective June 22, 2021, CPT 99401: Preventative medicine counseling and/or risk factor reduction intervention (s) provided to an individual, up to 15 minutes has been added to counsel Medicaid beneficiaries regarding the benefits of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
Due to diminished need, NC Medicaid will no longer accept new requests to serve as a Response Facility from nursing homes, effective Monday, June 21, 2021.
NC Medicaid will sunset its CARES Act funded reimbursement of nursing facility staff COVID-19 testing in June 2021. This bulletin provides an update on processing timelines for previously submitted cases and provides additional guidance for final payments under this initiative.
The American Rescue Plan Act that was recently enacted includes several changes to COVID-19 Medicaid policy. As of March 11, 2021, North Carolina will be covering all approved COVID-19 vaccines for limited benefit eligibility groups.