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Following are recent updates to the Medicaid Program Web Pages.  Click on the link to view

6/19/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-41 Level of Care Determinations by League of Human Dignity

6/18/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-42 Preferred Drug List (PDL).

6/14/13

• Changes to Ambulatory Surgery Center Rates Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2013  471-000-409.  Applicable Provider Handbooks updated.
• Changes to Ambulance Services Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2013  471-000-504.  Applicable Provider Handbooks updated.
• Changes to Chiropractic Services Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2013  471-000-505.  Applicable Provider Handbooks updated.
• Changes to Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Services Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2013  471-000-517.  Applicable Provider Handbooks updated.
• Changes to Podiatry Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2013  471-000-519.  Applicable Provider Handbooks updated.
• Changes to Anesthesia Fee Schedule Explanation effective July 1, 2013  471-000-521.  Applicable Provider Handbooks updated.
• Changes to Speech Pathology and Audiology Services Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2013  471-000-523.   Applicable Provider Handbooks updated.
• Changes to Visual Care Services Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2013  471-000-524.  Applicable Provider Handbooks updated.
• Changes to Health Check Services Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2013  471-000-533.  Applicable Provider Handbooks updated.

6/13/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-39 Medicaid Practitioner Fee Schedules for SFY 2013-2014.

6/11/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-40 Change in Billing Code for Assisted Living UB-04 Claims.

6/03/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-36 Level of Care Assessments for Clients 64 Years of Age and Under.  Applicable Provider Handbooks updated.

5/29/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-36 Medicaid ICD-10 Implementation Project May 2013 Update.

5/24/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-35 Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) Review.

5/21/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-34 Durable Medical Equipment in Nursing and Intermediate Care Facilities.

04/19/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-30 Alert - New Date for Enanced Primary Care Rates.
• Provider Bulletin 13-29 Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Payment Program.

04/17/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-23 Medicaid ICD-10 Implementation Project April 2013 Update.

04/09/13

• Changes to Provider Information - added ICD-10 Implementation Project

• Provider Bulletin 13-28  Implementation of Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).

• Provider Bulletin 13-22  Clarification regarding billing Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) service codes 90791/90792 and Evaluation/Management services on the same day.

• Provider Bulletin 13-27 Nebraska Medicaid Minimum Data Set (MDS) Requirements

• Provider Bulletin 13-26 Revised implementation date for the Elimination of Prior Authorization Process for Nursing Facility Services.

• Provider Bulletin 13-12 LB 599.

03/19/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-24  Coverage of Makena.
• Provider Bulletin 13-21  Alert - Enhanced Primary Care Rates.
• Provider Bulleint 13-19  Award of Behavioral Health Substance and Substance Use Disorder – Managed Care Organization (MCO) Contract.

03/14/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-20  Update to Medicaid Injectable Medication Fee Schedule.
• Provider Bulletin 13-16  Addition of Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) Services.

03/05/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-17  Update for use of Rho(D) Immune Globulin.
• Provider Bulletin 13-09  Health Care-Acquired Conditions and Provider-Preventable Conditions Inpatient hospital settings.
• Provider Bulletin 13-08  Provider-Preventable Conditions (PPC) Outpatient healthcare settings.

03/04/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-15  International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) Medicaid ICD-10 Implementation Project.

02/20/13

• Changes to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2013   471-000-532.  Applicable Provider Handbooks updated.
• Changes to Podiatry Services Fee Schedule effective February 1, 2013  471-000-519.   Applicable Provider Handbooks updated.

02/08/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-10  Update on Attestation of Primary Care Providers.

02/06/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-06  Mental Health and Substance Use January 1, 2013 CPT Code Changes Update to Provider Bulletins 12-68 and 12-73.

01/29/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-07  Elimination of Prior Authorization Process for Nursing Facility Services.

01/17/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-02  National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI), New HCPCS Modifiers established on January 1, 2013.
• Provider Bulletin 13-01  Intent to Eliminate Paper Claim Submissions.

01/16/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-04  Nebraska Medicaid State Maximum Allowable Cost (SMAC) Program Administration.

01/11/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-05 2013 Medicaid Swing Bed Per Diem Rate.

01/07/13

• Provider Bulletin 13-03  Update and Clarification to Enhanced Primary Care Rates.

01/02/13

• Changes to Clinical Lab Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2013  471-000-520. Applicable Provider Handbooks updated.
• Changes to Physician Services Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2013  471-000-518.  Applicable Provider Handbooks updated.

12/21/12

• Provider Bulletin 12-73  Mental Health and Substance Abuse (MHSA) January 1, 2013 CPT Code Changes Update to Provider Bulletin 12-68

12/20/12

• Provider Bulletin 12-70  Affordable Care Act Requirements for HIPAA Electronic Transactions:  Eligibility for a Health Plan (270/271) and Health Care Claim Status (276/277)

12/19/12

• Provider Bulletin 12-69  Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA).

12/18/12

• Provider Bulletin 12-68  Mental Health and Substance Abuse (MHSA) January 1, 2013 CPT code changes.
• Provider Bulletin 12-31  Submitting Correct Diagnosis Codes on Claims.
• Provider Bulletin 12-30  Physician Signed Review of the Total Plan of Care.
• Provider Bulletin 12-29  Maintaining and Providing Complete Medical Records.

12/14/12

• Provider Bulletin 12-63  Enhanced Primary Care Rates
• Changes to Provider Information - Added new Enhanced Primary Care Payments.

12/10/12

• Provider Bulletin 12-67  Retroactive Enrollment of Providers.
• Provider Bulletin 12-65  Preferred Drug List (PDL).
• Provider Bulletin 12-64  January 1 through December 31, 2013 Base Rates for Levels 101 through 105
• Provider Bulletin 12-62  New Dental Procedure Code.

12-03-12

• Provider Bulletin 12-60  ACCESSNebraska Alternate Living arrangement process.

11/30/12

• Provider Bulletin 12-59  2013 Aged & Disabled Medicaid Waiver Assisted Living Rates.

11/14/12

• Provider Bulletin 12-58 Provider Enrollment-Ordering and Referring Providers
• Provider Bulletin 12-57 United States Citizenship Attestation Form

11/7/12

• Provider Bulletin 12-56  Paper Claim Processing.
• Provider Bulletin 12-43 Date Change in Timely Filing Requirements for All Medicaid Claims.

11/6/12

• Provider Bulletin 12-55  National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Retrospective Claims Editing.

11/2/12

• Provider Bulletin 12-51  FFY 2013 Medicaid Hospice Rates.

10/26/12

• Changes to Provider Information - added new Nebraska Medicaid Provider Screening and Enrollment.

10/12/12

• Provider Bulletin 12-52  Provider Screening and Enrollment

10/10/12

• Provider Bulletin 12-50  Durable Medical Equipment in Nursing and Intermediate Care Facilities

10/03/12

• Provider Bulletin 12-53  SEASONAL INFLUENZA VACCINE 2012/2013 UPDATE.

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