Thank you for visiting the Medi-Cal Comment Forum. We are interested in your feedback and welcome any comments you may have about topics open for public comment, which are posted below. Please review the instructions before submitting your comments.

Current Topics:

Public Comment Forum: Blood and Blood Derivatives Billing Code Modifications
Note:

The Billing Codes/Reimbursement rate table in the article above was updated on May 1, 2008 after the public comment period began on April 14, 2008.

This article serves as advance notice to impacted providers of pending changes to blood products and services billing codes that providers are to use due to the Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, Public Law 104-191, 45 CFR 162.1000. This article also provides information about a public comment period regarding these changes.

Instructions:

1. Review the documents associated with the topic. The documents are in the Portable Document Format (PDF). Your computer must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed to view PDF files. If you need to install Acrobat Reader, it is available as a free download.
   
   
2. Click the e-mail link corresponding to your affiliation (Providers, Health Plans or General Public). A blank e-mail window will open on your computer. The "To:" and "Subject:" lines will already be completed. Enter your comments into the body of the e-mail and send it as you would any other e-mail.

Providers

Health Plan

General Public

Note:

E-mail is not confidential. Use caution when entering confidential or sensitive information. Your e-mail address will not be shared with any outside parties, but it may be used for future e-mail notices from the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS).

Comments can also be submitted by mail or fax to:

HIPAA Project Office - Blood Derivative Codes
Medi-Cal Fiscal Intermediary
Sacramento, CA 95853

Fax: (916) 638-8976 - Attn: HIPAA Project Team

For your comments to be processed, the following must be included in the email, fax or mail correspondence:

• Name
• Organization or affiliation
• Telephone number

Health plans are encouraged to consolidate their comments and forward them to DHCS through their designated HIPAA contact person.

This forum is for the sole use of submitting comments about the topics posted below. Unrelated comments or questions must be directed to one of the following phone numbers between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays: Providers, or those interested in becoming a provider: Call the Telephone Service Center (TSC) at 1-800-541-5555. Recipients, or those interested in becoming a Medi-Cal recipient: Call the Beneficiary and HIPAA Privacy Help Desk at (916) 636-1980.

Previous Topics:

National Drug Code (NDC) Roundtable Discussion Effective at 5 p.m. on December 20, 2006, the public comment period for the NDC Roundtable Discussion ended.

Universal Product Number (UPN) Pilot Discussion Effective at 5 p.m. on April 30, 2007, the public comment period for UPN Pilot ended.