Medicaid Update – March 2024

The Office of Health Insurance Programs of the New York State Department of Health has approved the release of the March 2024 Medicaid Update. Please find the improved, interactive issue as a PDF (Portable Document Format) file available to be downloaded at: https://health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/program/update/2024/docs/mu_no3_mar24.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.

Policy and Billing

• Reminder: New York State Medicaid Expands Coverage of Predictive and Prognostic Tests for Breast Cancer Treatment (Cover)
• Reminder: Coverage of Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Services Provided in Article 28 Outpatient Hospital Clinics and Free-Standing Diagnostic and Treatment Centers
• Medicaid Fee-for-Service Comprehensive Guidance for New York State Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics
• Pharmacy Providers: NYRx Pickup and Delivery Policy
• Doula Services for Pregnant and Postpartum People

All Providers

• New York State Department of Health Telehealth Provider Survey Results Now Available
• Essential Plan Coverage for Pregnant Enrollees and Their Newborns
• Medicaid Breast Cancer Surgery Centers
• Practitioner Administered Drug Search Tool Now Available on the eMedNY Website
• 2024 Spousal Impoverishment Income and Resource Levels Increase
  • Information Notice to Couples with an Institutionalized Spouse
  • Request for Assessment – Spousal Impoverishment Form

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