Family PACT Update

Effective for dates of service on or after April 1, 2023, providers are to use the following income guidelines when determining recipient eligibility for the Family Planning, Access, Care and Treatment (Family PACT) Program.

Effective retroactively for dates of service on or after July 1, 2022, reimbursement rates are updated for claims billed with HCPCS code J3490 (unclassified drugs) with modifiers U5, U6, and U8 as follows:

No action is required of providers. An Erroneous Payment Correction (EPC) will be implemented to reprocess the affected claims on or after the implementation date of the updated reimbursement rate. Providers may also elect to correct and resubmit previously denied claims as described in the CIF Submission and Timeliness Instructions section of the Provider Manual.

Providers should refer to the Medi-Cal Rates page of the Medi-Cal Providers website for other general rates information.

On December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (also referred to as the Omnibus spending bill), was enacted with broad implications for the Medi-Cal program and the resumption of Medi-Cal redeterminations.

Previously, the resumption of Medi-Cal redeterminations was tied to the termination of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The Omnibus spending bill delinks the continuous coverage requirements that paused all Medi-Cal redeterminations since March 2020.

Effective April 1, 2023, Medi-Cal redeterminations will resume.

The Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program (BCCTP) will begin sending annual redetermination packets to recipients starting April 1, 2023, to determine if they may continue receiving treatment coverage. Included in the annual packet is the Physician Statement and Certification (PSC) form that requires the treating physician to complete, sign, and certify if the patient is still in need of breast and/or cervical cancer treatment. The PSC must be completed and signed by the treating physician (MD or DO only) and returned to the recipient or BCCTP within 20 days.

As a reminder, all BCCTP recipients not receiving county Medi-Cal benefits must complete a Medi-Cal application at their local county social services office to remain eligible for services under BCCTP. A recipient’s benefits will be discontinued if they fail to complete a Medi-Cal application by the date that their BCCTP benefits expire.

The completed and signed PSC can be sent to BCCTP by:

Email: BCCTP@dhcs.ca.gov

Fax: 1-916-440-5693

Mail:

Department of Health Care Services
Medi-Cal Eligibility Division
Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program
P.O. Box 997417, MS 4611
Sacramento, CA 95899-7417

Medi-Cal Outreach and Education (O&E), along with the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is offering a series of Coffee Break events in April.

Topics discussed will include the following:

Please visit the Medi-Cal Learning Portal (MLP) to view available coffee break times and to register in the Event Calendar.

Providers are encouraged to bring questions relating to the coffee break session topic. This is an open forum, therefore, claim examples are not needed for this event.

For additional assistance, please contact the Telephone Service Center (TSC) at 1-800-541-5555.

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