Optical Bulletin Index
Following is a list of Medicaid General and Special Bulletin articles (2000-present) that pertain specifically to Optical Service Providers.
For a complete list of articles for all providers (including articles about National Provider Identifier) refer to the Index of All Medicaid Bulletins.
- Billing Dispensing Fees for Glasses
that Cannot be Dispensed, 11/02
- Changes in Eye Examination and Visual Aid Frequency, 8/05
- Confirmation/Prior Approval Reminder,
6/00
- CPT Code Changes for Dispensing Low Vision Aids, 3/06
- Denials for New Patient Eye Exams, 11/08
- Elimination of Adult Routine Eye Exams,
Refractions and Visual Aids Services, 8/11
- Elimination of Adult Routine Eye Exams,
Refractions and Visual Aids Services and
and Related Prior Approval and Billing Issues, 9/11
- Expediting Medically Necessary Early Eye Exams and Visual
Aids,12/06
- Family Planning Waiver Provider
Conference Call, 4/06
- Family Planning Waiver Provider Seminar, 4/06
- Handwritten Service Review Numbers on Prior
Approval Forms, 7/04
- HIPAA Code Conversion for the Visual Services
Program, 7/03
- Incomplete/Illegible Request for Prior
Approval for Visual Aids Forms, 12/02
- Introducing the New Request for Prior Approval for Visual Aids Form (372-017)
and Instructions, 10/06
- Making Medicare Part B Optical Claims Medicaid Ready, 6/03
- Nash Optical Prescription and Lenses Available to Health Choice Participants, 5/07
- New CPT Code and Billing Procedures for
Dispensing Newly Fit Contact Lenses, 9/06
- New Opthalmic Frames for Children, 8/03
- Optical Seminars:
- Prior Approval and Billing - Routine Eye Exams,
5/05
- Procedure Change for Eyeglasses That
Cannot Be Dispensed, 8/08
- Reminder: Eye Refractions and Office
Visits for Diabetic Patients, 11/00
- Reminder: Medicare Part B Billing and
Optical Copayments, 10/04
- Retention of Prior Approval Forms,
9/02
- Update of ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes for Visual Field
Exams (92081, 92082, and 92083), 12/06
