Medicaid Bulletin

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Articles beginning January 2018 are available in the blog format.

Medicaid requires claims for CPT code 68761 be billed with one of four modifiers.
Certain immunocompromised children will qualify for third dose of Pfizer-BioN Tech Vaccine
Oral tablets covered for those in a home setting
Additional information to what was published in COVID-19 #210
Eligible direct care workers to receive wage increase from eligible HCBS providers
Jan. 28, 2022. Updated to include per diem rate increase and changes to the for submission of baseline wage data requirement regarding eligible direct care worker wage increase from eligible ICF-IID providers.
Eligible direct care workers to receive one-time bonus from eligible providers
FDA has expanded the use of single booster dose to include ages 12-15.

Effective Jan 9, 2022, NCTracks will no longer require Medicaid and NC Health Choice providers to pay the $100 NC application fee with enrollment and reverification applications.

Since the launch of NC Medicaid Managed Care on July 1, 2021, providers have submitted claims to the prepaid health plans (PHPs) for services provided to beneficiaries who are enrolled with that PHP.