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Division of Medical Assistance
Providing access to high quality, medically necessary health care for eligible North Carolina residents through cost effective purchasing of health care services and products.
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2008 North Carolina Medicaid Bulletin Index
NPI Articles:
All Providers:
- 2008 Checkwrite Schedule
- 2008 ICD-9-CM Procedure and Diagnosis
Codes (1/08)
- Accepting a Medicaid Recipient
(1/08)
- Addition of OTC Cetirizine to the Over-the-Counter
Medications Coverage List (3/08)
- Additional CMS Guidance on Tamper-resistant
Prescription Pads (3/08)
- Baby Love Program Provider Application
Available on the Internet (5/08)
- Basic Medicaid Seminars
- Changes in Banks for EDS (9/08)
- Changes to N.C. Health Choice Benefit
Cards (5/08)
- Chest X-ray Unit Limitation Denials (8/08)
- Clarification from CMS on the Use of Plain
Paper for Computer-generated Prescriptions (9/08)
- Clinical Coverage Policies
- Community Care of North Carolina/Carolina
ACCESS (CCNC/CA) Override Policy (1/08)
- Community Care of North Carolina/Carolina
ACCESS Override Policy (5/08)
- Community Care of North Carolina/Carolina
ACCESS Referral Policy (4/08)
- Contact Information for EDS Finance and
Remittance Payments (7/08)
- Correction to March 2008 Article Titled
Update: PedvaxHIB Recall - Reimbursement
for PedvaxHIB and ActHIB Allowed for UCVDP/VFC Program Eligibles (4/08)
- CPT Code 77002 Denials (2/08)
- CPT Code 77003 (2/08)
- CPT Procedure Code 32551 and Modifiers
50 and 51 (8/08)
- CPT Procedure Codes 92978 and 92979 (Intravascular
Ultrasounds) and Diagnosis List (9/08)
- CPT Procedure Codes 93000, 93005, and
93010 (Electrocardiograms) and Denials (9/08)
- Current Procedural Terminology Code
Update 2008 (1/08)
- Cytogenetic Studies (10/08)
- Diagnosis Code V82.9 and Pediatric Recipients (8/08)
- Electrocardiography, Echocardiography,
and Intravascular Ultrasound (6/08)
- Essure and Hysterosalpingogram Implementation (7/08)
- False Claims Act Education Compliance
for Federal Fiscal Year 2007 (9/08)
- Groups with Multiple Medicaid Provider
Numbers (8/08)
- HCPCS Procedure Code Changes for Diagnostic
Radiopharmaceutical, Diagnostic, and Low Osmolar Contrast Agents End
Dated with No Replacement Code (2/08)
- HCPCS Procedure Code Changes for the
Physicians Drug Program
- ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes that Are Not
Subject to the Annual Visit Limitation (9/08)
- Implementation Delayed for the PASARR
Segment of the Medicaid Uniform Screening Tool (10/08)
- Implementation of N.C. Medicaid's
Uniform Screening Program for PASARR Only (9/08)
- Independent Practitioner Program Seminars
- Independent Practitioner Program Seminar
Update (6/08)
- Influenza Vaccine and Reimbursement Guidelines
for 2008/09 (10/08)
- Instructions on Inquiry Requests
(2/08)
- Legislative Visit Limitation (3/08)
- Mammography Updates (5/08)
- Medicaid Credit Balance Reporting
- National Drug Code and the UD Modifier (10/08)
- National Drug Codes Required for Outpatient
Institutional Claims (5/08)
- National Drug Codes Required for Professional
Crossover Claims (5/08)
- N.C. Medicaid's Uniform Screening
Program Regional Training Sessions
- National Drug Codes Required for Outpatient
Institutional Claims (6/08)
- National Drug Codes Required on Outpatient
Institutional Claims (7/08)
- National Drug Codes Required on Professional
Crossover Claims (7/08)
- National Provider Identifier, Special
Bulletin III (5/08)
- N.C. Medicaid's Uniform Screening Program
Regional Training Sessions for PASAAR Only (7/08)
- NDC Codes for Outpatient Institutional
Claims (4/08)
- New Annual Visit Limit Legislated
by the N.C. General Assembly (8/08)
- New Enhanced Specialty Discount on Single-source
Specialty Drugs (10/08)
- New Form for Medicaid Provider Refund
Requests (3/08)
- New Medicaid Eligibility Group: Health
Coverage for Workers with Disabilities (10/08)
- New Prior Authorization Program
for Qualaquin (10/08)
- Ordering Copies of Remittance and Status
Reports (9/08)
- Outdated Enrollment Packets Will
No Longer Be Accepted (3/08)
- Payment Error Rate Measurement in North
Carolina
- Prior Authorization Criteria for Botulinum
Toxin Types A and B (10/08)
- Program of All-inclusive Care for
the Elderly Recipient Eligibility
(3/08)
- Registration for Basic Medicaid Seminars
- Registration for Health Check/EPSDT Seminars (4/08)
- Registration for Independent Practitioner
Program Seminars (10/08)
- Reminder about Sterilization Procedures (7/08)
- Reporting Provider Changes (7/08)
- Revised List of Diagnosis Codes That are
Not Subject to the Annual Visit Limitation (10/08)
- Revised Procedures for Prescribing
Synagis to Include EPSDT Information (1/08)
- Revision to Essure and Hysterosalpingogram
Implementation (8/08)
- Sleep Study and Polysomnography Denials (9/08)
- Sterilizations for Recipients with Medicid
for Pregnant Women Coverge (8/08)
- Suspension of Enrollment for Community
Support Services (7/08)
- Suspension of Medicaid Benefits for Incarcerated
Recipients and Recipients in Instituitons for Mental Diseases (9/08)
- Tamper Resistant Prescription
Pads, Special Bulletin I (01/08)
- Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pads
for Medicaid Outpatient Prescriptions (1/08)
- Tax Identification Information (3/08)
- Town Hall Meetings: Community Alternatives
Program for Disabled Adults (5/08)
- Update to the Implementation of the
Web-based Medicaid Uniform Screening Tool (3/08)
- Update: FluMist Availability
in the UCVDP/VFC Program (1/08)
- Update: Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine
(Menactra, MCV4, CPT 90734) (2/08)
- Update: PedvaxHIB Recall - Reimbursement
for PedvaxHIB and ActHIB Allowed
for UCVDP/VFC Program Eligibles (3/08)
- Updated EOB Code Crosswalk to HIPAA
Standard Codes
Adult Care Home Providers:
Ambulatory Surgical Centers:
Anesthesiologists:
Behavioral Health Providers:
Case Management Agencies:
CAP/DA Lead Agencies:
- Automated Quality and Utilization
Improvement Program Quarterly Training Seminar
CAP/DA Service Providers:
CAP/MR-DD Service Providers:
Certified Nurse Midwives:
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists:
Children's Developmental Service Agencies:
Community Alternatives Program Case Managers:
Community Care of North Carolina/Carolina ACCESS Primary Care Providers:
Dental Providers:
Dialysis Providers:
Direct-enrolled Behavioral Health Practioners:
Durable Medical Equipment Providers:
Enhanced Mental Health Services Providers:
Federally Qualified Health Centers:
Health Check Providers:
Health Departments:
Health Department Dental Centers:
HIV Case Management Providers:
Home Health Agencies:
Home Infusion Therapists:
Hospice Providers:
Hospital Outpatient Clinics:
Hospitals:
ICF-MR Providers:
Independent Laboratories:
Independent Practitioners:
Institutional (UB92/UB04/837I) Billers:
Local Education Agencies:
Local Management Entities:
Medical Diagnostic Clinics:
NCECS Web Tool Users:
Nurse Midwives:
Nurse Practitioners:
- Abatacept, 250mg (Orencia, HCPCS Procedure
Code J0129) - Biling Guidelines (8/08)
- Additions to Over-the-Counter Medications
Coverage List (1/08)
- Bendamustine Hydrochloride (Treanda,
J9999) - Billing Guidelines (6/08)
- Bevacizumab (Avastin, HCPCS Procedure
Code J9035) - Update to Billing
Guidelines (4/08)
- Certolizumab Pegol (Cimzia, HCPCS Procedure
Code J3590) - Billing Guidelines (8/08)
- Changes in Drug Rebate Manufacturers
- Childbirth Education Policy Revision (8/08)
- Claims Denials Related to Fetal Nuchal
Translcency Measurement (10/08)
- Correction to "Drugs Added to
the Physician's Drug Program Billing Guidelines" Nelarabine (Arranon)
- HCPCS Procedure Code J9261 (2/08)
- Dexrazoxane (Totect, HCPCS Procedure Code
J3490) - Billing Guidelines (4/08)
- Doripenem (Doribax, HCPCS Procedure Code
J3490) - Billing Guidelines (4/08)
- Drugs Added to the Physicians Drug
Program Billing Guidelines (1/08)
- Fosaprepitant Dimeglumine (Emend, HCPCS
Procedure Code J3490) - Billing
Guidelines (4/08)
- Hemin, 1mg (Panhematin, HCPCS Procedure
Code 1640) - Billing Guidelines (10/08)
- Human Thrombin Topical Protein (Evithrom,
HCPCS Procedure Code J3590) - Billing
Guidelines (4/08)
- Human Thrombin Topical Protein, Preservative-Free
(Recothrom, HCPCS Procedure Code J3590) - Billing Guidelines (4/08)
- Immune Globulin, Non-lyophilized Intravenous
(Privigen, J3590) - Billing
Guidelines (4/08)
- Ixabepilone Kit for Injection (Ixempra)
- Billing Guidelines (8/08)
- Ixabepilone Kit for Injection (Ixempra,
HCPCS Procedure Code J3490) - Billing
Guidelines (4/08)
- Lanreotide Injection (Somatuline Depot,
HCPCS Procedure Code J3490) - Billing
Guidelines (4/08)
- Natalizumab (Tysabri, HCPCS Procedure
Code 2323) - Update to Billing Guidelines (5/08)
- Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin, HCPCS Procedure
Code J9263) - Additional Diagnosis Codes (10/08)
- Rate Increase for Physician Fluoride Varnish
Services (9/08)
Nursing Facility Providers:
Optical Service Providers:
Orthotic and Prosthetic Providers:
Outpatient Behavioral Health Services:
Outpatient Hospital Clinics:
Personal Care Service Providers:
Pharmacists:
Physicians:
- Abatacept, 250mg (Orencia, HCPCS
Procedure Code J0129) - Biling Guidelines (8/08)
- Additions to Over-the-Counter Medications
Coverage List (1/08)
- Bendamustine Hydrochloride (Treanda,
J9999) - Billing Guidelines (6/08)
- Bevacizumab (Avastin, HCPCS Procedure
Code J9035) - Update to Billing Guidelines (4/08)
- Certolizumab Pegol (Cimzia, HCPCS
Procedure Code J3590) - Billing Guidelines (8/08)
- Changes in Drug Rebate Manufacturers
- Childbirth Education Policy Revision (8/08)
- Claims Denials Related to Fetal Nuchal
Translcency Measurement (10/08)
- Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
Certification-related Claim Denials (3/08)
- Correction to "Drugs Added to
the Physician's Drug Program Billing Guidelines" Nelarabine (Arranon)
- HCPCS Procedure Code J9261 (2/08)
- Dexrazoxane (Totect, HCPCS Procedure
Code J3490) - Billing Guidelines (4/08)
- Doripenem (Doribax, HCPCS Procedure
Code J3490) - Billing Guidelines (4/08)
- Dietary Evaluation and Counseling
(1/08)
- Drugs Added to the Physicians Drug
Program Billing Guidelines (1/08)
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (6/08)
- Fosaprepitant Dimeglumine (Emend,
HCPCS Procedure Code J3490) - Billing Guidelines (4/08)
- Hemin, 1mg (Panhematin, HCPCS Procedure
Code 1640) - Billing Guidelines (10/08)
- Human Thrombin Topical Protein (Evithrom,
HCPCS Procedure Code J3590) - Billing Guidelines (4/08)
- Human Thrombin Topical Protein, Preservative-Free
(Recothrom, HCPCS Procedure Code J3590) - Billing Guidelines (4/08)
- Immune Globulin, Non-lyophilized
Intravenous (Privigen, J3590) - Billing Guidelines (4/08)
- Ixabepilone Kit for Injection (Ixempra)
- Billing Guidelines (8/08)
- Ixabepilone Kit for Injection (Ixempra,
HCPCS Procedure Code J3490) - Billing Guidelines (4/08)
- Lanreotide Injection (Somatuline
Depot, HCPCS Procedure Code J3490) - Billing Guidelines (4/08)
- Natalizumab (Tysabri, HCPCS Procedure
Code 2323) - Update to Billing Guidelines (5/08)
- Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin, HCPCS Procedure
Code J9263) - Additional Diagnosis Codes (10/08)
- Phase II Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation (9/08)
- Prior Authorization of Outpatient
Specialized Therapies: Survey Results (6/08)
- Rate Increase for Physician Fluoride Varnish
Services (9/08)
- Requesting Changes to the Pharmacy
Opt-in Provider (2/08)
- Use of Locem Tenens When Called
to Active Duty in the Armed Forces (5/08)
- Web-based Survey for Outpatient Specialized
Therapies Prior Authorization Website (3/08)
Prescribers:
Private Duty Nursing Providers:
Professional (CMS-1500/837P) Billers:
Psychiatrists:
Residential Treatment Facility Providers:
Rural Health Clinics:
School Based Health Centers:
Updated September 30, 2008
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