Coverage Effective Nov. 1, 2023.
Topics Related to Hospital Providers
Hospital at Home Program Re-Launch: NC Medicaid will cover the Acute Hospital at Home Program starting Nov. 1, 2023.
NOTE: This Bulletin was revised on April 2, 2024 to correct an error. In the original version, published Sept. 27, 2023, it was stated that the Hospital at Home Program had a previous end date of March 31, 2021. Prior to relaunch, the previous end date was March 31, 2022, as corrected and explained below.
In compliance with federal requirements, beneficiary consent is required for all voluntary sterilizations.
Flexibilities ending at or after the end of the Federal Public Health Emergency
This bulletin provides guidance to assist hospital providers’ compliance with federal requirements.
In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing 12 new procedure codes to describe the introduction or infusion of therapeutics into the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS), effective Aug. 1, 2020.
For clarification purposes of information communicated in October 2018 Medicaid Bulletin, please note that effective Oct.
Additional information on prior authorization is available.
Select provider types enrolled in the NC Medicaid Program are required to file annual Medicaid cost reports utilizing cost reporting schedules which are based on approved Medicare cost reporting platforms.
NC Medicaid is implementing time-limited, targeted, enhanced swing bed reimbursement rates to provide additional financial support to hospitals that provide post-acute care services to COVID-19 positive (“COVID+”) Medicaid beneficiaries and non-COVID+ Medicaid beneficiaries transferred from other acute care hospitals as part of a surge response.