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Provider Alerts - Behavioral Health and Foster Care - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2022
Behavioral Health Benefits Carve-In to Medicaid Advantage Plus (MAP)

Effective January 1, 2023, New York State (NYS) is carving additional Behavioral Health (BH) services into the Medicaid Advantage Plus (MAP) plan. Healthfirst's MAP plan is called CompleteCare.

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Behavioral Health
  
Provider Alerts - Patient Care Resources - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2022
1560 22 Provider Alert Monkeypox Vaccine Coverage v5 FINAL wr

Healthfirst began covering the administration of the monkeypox vaccine on July 26, 2022. Learn more about two no-cost vaccines provided by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Monkeypox
  
Claims & Billing - Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Frequently Asked Questions: Healthfirst Laboratory Benefit Management Program

Effective June 1, 2023, Healthfirst will apply updated billing and reimbursement policies to claims reporting laboratory services performed in office, hospital outpatient, and independent laboratory locations. Review these answers to frequently asked questions.

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Policy Reminder
  
Provider Alerts - Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
New Reimbursement Policies for Laboratory Services

Effective June 1, 2023, Healthfirst is updating reimbursement policies for laboratory service providers with respect to our new partnership with Avalon.

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Policy Reminder
  
Provider Alerts - Claims & Billing - Pharmacy Resources & Formularies - Plans & Benefits - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Transition of the Pharmacy Benefit from Managed Care to Fee-for-Service

Effective April 1, 2023, Medicaid members enrolled in Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) Plans, Health and Recovery Plans (HARPs), and HIV-Special Needs Plans (SNPs) will receive their pharmacy benefits through the NYRx Pharmacy program, formerly known as the NYS Fee-for-Service (FFS) Pharmacy program.

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Pharmacy
  
Provider Alerts - Claims & Billing - Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Coverage Update: Monoclonal Antibody Therapies

As of December 1, 2022, bebtelovimab is not FDA-approved and will not be covered by Healthfirst. View details.

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COVID-19
  
Provider Alerts - Plans & Benefits - Patient Resource - 2023
Provider Alert - 2023 FPL Expansion

Thanks to expanded eligibility, more Medicare beneficiaries will qualify for the Medicare Savings Program (MSP) in 2023.

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Medicare
  
Provider Alerts - Plans & Benefits - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Important: Recertifications are Resuming in 2023

New York State will resume eligibility reviews and renewals for members of with a recertification date after June 2023. If your patients do not renew on time, they risk losing health coverage and could face unexpected costs or even a gap in care. This Provider Alert contains instructions on how members can renew their coverage...

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Recertification
  
Provider Alerts - Claims & Billing - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Authorization Requirement Update for Vision Services

Effective May 1, 2023, Healthfirst no longer requires authorization for selected vision services.

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Authorization
  
Provider Alerts - Claims & Billing - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Introducing Coding Validation from Cotiviti

Effective Sept. 1, 2023, consistent with the recommendations of the Office of Inspector General and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Healthfirst will implement Cotiviti’s Coding Validation, an enhanced program based on nationally sourced guidelines regarding modifier usage.

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Reimbursement
  
Provider Alerts - Behavioral Health and Foster Care - Patient Care Resources - Provider Resources - 2023
Children’s Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Frequently Asked Questions

Children's Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) are provided in the community and help children and youth be successful at home, in school, and in other environments. HCBS are personal and flexible and are meant to meet the physical health, behavioral health, and/or developmental needs of each child/youth.

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Children & Family
  
Provider Alerts - Pharmacy Resources & Formularies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
NYRx Transition Fill Period Ending

Effective April 1, 2023, Medicaid members enrolled in Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) Plans, Health and Recovery Plans (HARP), and HIV-Special Needs Plans (SNPs) began receiving their pharmacy benefits through NYRx, the Medicaid Pharmacy program.

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Pharmacy
  
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