Medicaid Bulletin

As a reminder, providers are to request and obtain proper prior authorization before services are scheduled or rendered. Contractually, GDIT has five business days (excluding holidays and weekends) to process a medical PA request once all required information is obtained. Pharmacy PAs are processed within 24 hours. Medical necessity cannot be determined with a partial or incomplete clinical picture.

Registration is open for the January 2019 instructor-led provider training courses listed below. Slots are limited. WebEx courses can be attended remotely from any location with a telephone, computer and internet connection. Please note that the WebEx information has changed. 

Effective with date of service Oct. 22, 2018, the NC Medicaid and Health Choice programs cover moxetumomab pasudotox-tdfk for injection, for intravenous use (Lumoxiti™) for use in the Physician Administered Drug Program when billed with HCPCS code J9999 - Not Otherwise Classified, antineoplastic drugs.

Effective with date of service Oct. 16, 2018, the NC Medicaid and Health Choice programs cover immune globulin intravenous, human - ifas (Panzyga®) for use in the Physician Administered Drug Program when billed with HCPCS code J1599 - Injection, Immune Globulin, Intravenous, Non-lyophilized (e.g. liquid), Not Otherwise Specified, 500 mg.

Effective with date of service Oct 3, 2018, the NC Medicaid and Health Choice programs cover filgrastim-aafi injection, for subcutaneous or intravenous use (Nivestym) for use in the Physician Administered Drug Program when billed with HCPCS code Q5110 - Injection, Filgrastim-aafi, Biosimilar, (Nivestym), 1 microgram. Nivestym is available in a single-dose prefilled syringe containing either 300 mcg/0.5 mL or 480 mcg/0.8 mL.

Effective with date of service Nov. 28, 2018, the NC Medicaid and Health Choice programs cover elapegademase-lvlr injection, for intramuscular use (Revcovi™) for use in the Physician Administered Drug Program when billed with HCPCS code J3590 - Unclassified biologics.

Effective with date of service Oct. 22, 2018, the NC Medicaid and Health Choice programs cover eravacycline for injection, for intravenous use (Xerava) for use in the Physician Administered Drug Program when billed with HCPCS code J3490 - Unclassified Drugs. Xerava is available as a 50 mg single-dose vial.

Effective with date of service Nov. 2, 2018, the NC Medicaid and Health Choice programs cover crotalidae immune f(ab’)2 (equine), lyophilized powder for solution for injection for intravenous use (Anavip®) for use in the Physician Administered Drug Program when billed with HCPCS code J3590 - Unclassified biologics.

Effective with date of service Jan. 1, 2019, the American Medical Association has added new CPT codes, deleted others and changed descriptions of some existing codes. For complete information regarding all CPT codes and descriptions, refer to the 2019 edition of Current Procedural Terminology, published by the AMA. 

The following new or amended clinical coverage policies are available on NC Medicaid’s clinical coverage policies web page: