Tag: Medicaid
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Preparing for Alabama’s Medicaid Unwinding Process
By: Alli Swann and Kelli C. Fleming, Esq. – Burr & Forman LLP Over the past three years, Medicaid recipients have benefitted from uninterrupted coverage, contributing to one of the lowest periods of U.S. uninsurance. However, with the public health emergency’s (“PHE”) end reintroducing traditional Medicaid redetermination plans, Alabama providers should prepare for a potential…
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Proposed 2023 physician pay schedule deepens Medicare’s instability
The Medical Association is working with the AMA and many national specialty societies to analyze and comment on CMS proposed 2023 fee schedule. The following article was prepared by the AMA and outlines efforts to address problems that have been identified with the proposed fee schedule: After a thorough analysis, the AMA has weighed in with…
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Get Text Updates from Alabama Medicaid
Providers and recipients now have a new way to receive important information from the Alabama Medicaid Agency. The Text Messaging Service provides immediate and/or important communication directly to you. Examples of information shared with providers includes: approaching deadlines, new program announcements, required provider agreements, Medicaid meetings and training, office closures, or other vital information which…
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Alabama’s ACHNs Go Live Oct. 1
The end date for the Patient 1st Program is approaching, and providers will be required to have completed agreements with both Medicaid and the ACHN. Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) will no longer receive Patient 1st capitation payments beginning in October 2019. The ACHN program will be implemented on October 1, 2019, and providers will need…
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Alabama Medicaid Updates: Don’t Miss This Information!
Promoting Interoperability with Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) The Alabama Department of Public Health Meaningful Use team recently added new functionality where Eligible Providers who are currently participating in the PI Program can access the PDMP registry and run reports to show that they are actively engaged with this Specialized Registry during the reporting period.…
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Medical Association Signs on to Letter Targeting PA Requirements
The Medical Association recently joined the American Medical Association and 85 other national medical groups and state medical associations in sending a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to urge CMS to provide guidance to Medicare Advantage plans on prior authorization processes through its 2020 Call Letter. In the jointly signed letter,…
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SAME Act Could Give Alabama Second Chance at Medicaid Expansion
Alabama Sen. Doug Jones introduced legislation this week to give a second chance to expand Medicaid to those states that have not yet expanded their programs. The States Achieve Medicaid Expansion (SAME) Act would also give these states another opportunity to receive the same levels of federal funding that was offered in 2010. “Alabama made…
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New Requirements for Fee-For-Service Delivery Claims
Effective for dates of services on or after Feb. 1, 2018, fee-for-service delivery claims for recipients who reside in a county not served by an Alabama Medicaid (Medicaid) Maternity Care Program must contain the date of last menstrual period and the date of first prenatal visit. This information is not required for hospital claims. Counties…
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MEDICAID ALERT: Federal Rule Change for Prenatal Claims
The passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 requires states to “cost avoid” claims for prenatal services when there is a known liable third party. Prior to this change, states were federally required to “pay and chase” claims with a designated prenatal procedure or diagnosis code. The federal “pay and chase” provision enabled providers…
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Alabama Medicaid Alert: Short-Acting Opioid Naïve Limits
Effective Nov: 1, 2018, the Alabama Medicaid Agency will begin implementing limits on short-acting opiates for opioid naïve recipients. The Agency defines “opioid naïve” as a recipient with no opioid claim in the past 180 days. Edit Details: A 7-day supply limit for adults age 19 and older A 5-day supply limit for children age 18…