This bulletin informs LME-MCOs and providers about the amendments made to providers types eligible to bill the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) CPT codes effective as of March 1, 2021.
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The latest information providers need to know about the transition to Medicaid Managed Care. Update includes the Provider Directory and Health Plan Look-Up Tool, contracting reminders, Provider Playbook updates, upcoming webinars and more.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the American Medical Association have announced the release of several new codes to report testing for COVID-19.
NC Medicaid acknowledges challenges with implementing EVV and is extending flexibilities for EVV dates of service to providers who make a good faith effort to connect with their EVV vendor of choice.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an Emergency Use Authorization to permit the emergency use of the unapproved monoclonal antibodies to be administered for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in some patients.
NC-MIPS is Open for Program Year 2020, Program Year 2020 Webinar Series, The Security Risk Analysis (SRA) and Program Year 2021 Announcements.
Additional criteria has been added to identify beneficiaries as eligible for Behavioral Health I/DD Tailored Plans.
Effective Jan. 1, 2021, NC Medicaid and NC Health Choice are temporarily covering Healthy Opportunities screening to encourage providers to gain capacity for screening Medicaid beneficiaries for unmet health-related resource needs and referring them to appropriate community-based resources prior to the launch of Medicaid managed care.
Effective April 1, 2021, as part of the transition to Medicaid Managed Care, NC Medicaid will offer time-limited payment to practices that have attested into Advanced Medical Home Tier 3 if they can demonstrate successful readiness for AMH Tier 3 responsibilities.
NCDHHS was allocated administrative funds to launch a pilot program targeted to improve equal communication access for Medicaid and NC Health Choice Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing beneficiaries in health care settings with NC Medicaid providers.