Medicaid Update – August 2021
The Office of Health Insurance Programs of the New York State Department of Health has approved the release of the August 2021 Medicaid Update. Please find the new and improved, interactive issue as a PDF (Portable Document Format) file available to be downloaded at: https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/program/update/2021/docs/mu_no10_aug21.pdf. A print-ready version is also available on the Medicaid Update web page.
You may also go straight to an article or topic that pertains to you by selecting from the current issue’s table of contents below.
All Providers
- Statewide Formulary for Opioid Dependence Agents and Opioid Antagonists (Cover)
- Clarification on Previous Guidance: National Drug Code Usage for Physician Administered Drugs with Ambulatory Patient Groups
- Medicaid Consumer Fact Sheets Now Available
- NY State of Health: Higher Income New Yorkers May Now Qualify for Financial Assistance to Lower the Cost of Health Coverage
Pharmacy
- New York State Medicaid Fee-for-Service Program: Pharmacists as Immunizers Fact Sheet
- Clarification and Reminder: Pharmacy Providers Servicing Medicaid Fee-for-Service Members and Medicaid Managed Care Enrollees
Policy and Billing
- New Billing Requirement for Home Health Agencies: Demand Billing, No-Pay RAP
- New York State Medicaid Drug Testing Policy
- New York State Medicaid Expansion of Non-Invasive Prenatal Trisomy Screening Policy
- Mosquito Repellent Coverage Discontinued
NYSHFA/NYSCAL CONTACTS:
Carl J. Pucci
Chief Financial Officer
518-462-4800 x36
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