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2022 Income Eligibility Guidelines for Family PACT Program

The 2022 Federal Poverty Guidelines for the Family PACT Program are updated, effective April 1, 2022.

Family PACT

04/22/2022

Coming Soon: Second Booster Dose for Select COVID-19 Vaccines

The U.S. FDA amended the EUA for select COVID-19 vaccines to allow for a second booster dose to eligible populations to be administered at least four months after initial booster dose.

COVID-19

04/14/2022

Child Health and Disability Prevention Program and Expanding Children's Presumptive Eligibility

DHCS is proposing to discontinue CHDP by July 1, 2023.

DHCS Notice

04/06/2022

Limits Removed from ICD-10-CM Code for Aid Code V2

Billing

03/25/2022

Vaccine Counseling Services are Reimbursable using E and M Office or Other Outpatient Visit CPT codes

California recognizes the importance of vaccinating all Medi-Cal beneficiaries against infectious diseases, including COVID-19, and recognizes that counseling services may be required to assist in that effort.

Billing

03/18/2022

April 2022 Medi-Cal Provider Coffee Break Event

DHCS and Outreach and Education (O&E) are hosting virtual coffee break events to discuss billing topics during the month of April.

Outreach and Education

03/16/2022

Providers Holding Submissions of Claims for COVID-19 Vaccine Administration May Now Submit

Providers who administered COVID-19 vaccines to Family PACT, Tuberculosis Program, and COVID-19 Uninsured Group recipients, may now submit claims and receive reimbursement.

COVID-19

02/24/2022

May 2022 Medi-Cal Provider Training Webinars

May webinar training classes and date availability.

Outreach and Education

02/01/2022

Adding or Removing Other Health Coverage for Medi-Cal Beneficiaries

Reminder to all providers on how to manage beneficiary OHC, including resources that can be used.

Claims

01/28/2022

Reimbursement of COVID-19 Vaccine and Monoclonal Antibody Administration for Medical Providers

This article details the administration and reimbursement of COVID-19 vaccines and monoclonal antibodies when administered as Physician Administer Drugs (PADs) by medical providers.

Billing

01/10/2022

Hospital Presumptive Eligibility: Residency Requirements for Refugees

Per November 2021, direction from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Health Coverage Options for Afghan Evacuees, qualified providers can accept the state where the individual is temporarily housed as their state of residence.

Family PACT

12/31/2021

Medi-Cal Provider 'Coffee Break' Event

In April, July and October 2022, we will be holding our “coffee break” event, a 45-minute open discussion to address various Medi-Cal topics.

Outreach and Education

12/30/2021

2022 HCPCS Policy PDF Corrected Effective Date

Policy PDF Effective Date Correction.

HCPCS

12/24/2021

2022 ICD-10-CM/PCS Codes Update

CMS modifications to ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS long and short descriptions for 2022.

ICD-10

12/17/2021

Updates to the Medi-Cal Learning Portal

The MLP may have outages from 12/17/2021 to 12/19/2021 for updates allowing more NPIs.

Outreach and Education

12/15/2021

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