RA Messages for March 1, 2005

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ATTENTION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROVIDERS

EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 8, 2005, THE 2005 HCPCS CODES WERE LOADED TO OUR FILES AND MAY BE BILLED FOR DATES OF SERVICE JANUARY 1, 2005 FORWARD. LOOK FOR THE 2005 FEE SCHEDULE ON THE LOUISIANA MEDICAID WEBSITE AT AT LAMEDICAID.COM IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 

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NOTICE TO PROVIDERS OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

EFFECTIVE WITH DATE OF SERVICE JULY 1, 2004, THE FOLLOWING CPT CODES WERE ADDED TO THE LIST OF CODES PAYABLE TO CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST, CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER AND NURSE MIDWIFE. 

10061	10080	10081	10121	10140	10180	28190	46600	82670
83001	84443	84460	84702	85651	86308	87177	93230	J2175

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ATTENTION COMMUNITYCARE AND KIDMED PROVIDERS

YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY NOTIFIED THAT CP-0-92 AND RS-0-07 REPORTS ARE NOW LOADED MONTHLY ON THE LA MEDICAID WEB SITE. THESE REPORTS REMAIN ON THE SITE FOR 2 MONTHS TO ALLOW PROVIDERS TO ACCESS THE CURRENT AND THE PREVIOUS MONTHS' REPORTS. EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2005, REQUESTS FOR REPORTS OR SIGNATURE PAGES TO BE REPRINTED HARDCOPY WILL NOT BE HONORED. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO RETRIEVE THESE REPORTS AS NEEDED. 

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ATTENTION DENTAL PROVIDERS BILLING REMINDER

THE DATE OF SERVICE ON A CLAIM FOR PAYMENT MUST REFLECT THE DATE THAT THE SERVICE WAS COMPLETED/DELIVERED (REFER TO THE 2003 DENTAL SERVICES MANUAL, PAGE 16-11). THE DENTAL SURVEILLANCE AND UTILIZATION DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO IDENTIFY DENTAL PROVIDERS WHO HAVE BILLED AND HAVE BEEN PAID FOR ROOT CANAL THERAPY PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION OF SERVICE. NO CLAIM FOR PAYMENT FOR ANY DENTAL SERVICE MAY BE FILED PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION/DELIVERY OF THE SERVICE. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, ROOT CANAL THERAPY, A COMPLETE OR PARTIAL DENTURE AND SPACE MAINTAINERS. AT A MINIMUM, MEDICAID WILL RECOVER THE PAYMENT FOR ALL CLAIMS BILLED WHEN THE DATE OF SERVICE ON THE CLAIM DOES NOT REFLECT THE DATE THE SERVICE WAS COMPLETED. 

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ATTENTION EDI SUBMITTERS

FOR EACH 837 TRANSACTION FILE SUBMITTED TO LOUISIANA MEDICAID, TWO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ARE PRODUCED AND SHOULD BE DOWNLOADED TO VERIFY THE
SUBMISSION - NAMELY: TA1 AND 997. THE TA1 VERIFIES THAT THE FILE HAD RECEIVED A CORRECT HEADER/TRAILER. THE TA1 SHOULD BE REVIEWED TO SEE IF IT CONTAINS AN "A" (ACCEPTED) OR "R" (REJECTED). THE 997 IS USED TO REPORT WHETHER OR NOT THE FILE CONTAINS SYNTAX ERRORS. THE 997 CONTAINS TWO TRANSACTION SETS: AK5 AND AK9 WHICH WILL INDICATE "A" (ACCEPTED) OR "R" (REJECTED). PLEASE REFER TO THE EDI GENERAL COMPANION GUIDE FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. THE COMPANION GUIDE CAN BE DOWNLOADED AT 
WWW.LAMEDICAID.COM/PROVWEB1/HIPAABILLING/HIPAAINDEX.HTM.

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ATTENTION HOSPITAL PROVIDERS

THE TRANSITION  FROM 1CD-9 PROCEDURE CODES TO CPT/HCPCS PROCEDURE CODES FOR AMBULATORY SURGERIES (HR490) IS EFFECTIVE WITH DATE OF SERVICE 3-1-05. INFORMATION WAS MAILED TO ALL HOSPITALS ON FEB. 4-7. IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED THIS MAILING, PLEASE NOTIFY APPROPRIATE INTERNAL STAFF TO ENSURE THAT IT IS DELIVERED TO THE CORRECT PERSONNEL.

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ATTENTION NURSING FACILITIES

POSTLETHWAITE & NETTERVILLE, THE DHH CONTRACT AUDITORS FOR LTC FACILITIES, IS PRESENTING NURSING HOME MEDICAID SUPPLEMENTAL COST REPORT TRAINING ON MARCH 8, 2005, IN BATON ROUGE.  FOR INFORMATION AND THE REGISTRATION FORM SEE THE DHH RATE & AUDIT REVIEW WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.DHH.LOUISIANA.GOV/RAR

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ATTENTION ALL PROVIDERS

DUE TO A CLAIMS PROCESSING ERROR, THE THIRD PARTY LIABILITY (TPL) PAYMENTS REPORTED ON SOME MEDICAID CLAIMS SUBMITTED AFTER 1-1-2005 WERE NOT SUBTRACTED FROM THE MEDICAID PAYMENT AMOUNT FOR IMPACTED CLAIMS. WE WILL REPROCESS THESE CLAIMS (NOTED WITH THE NUMBER 5043 IN THE FIRST FOUR DIGITS OF THE ICN) ON THE MARCH 8 RA AND DEDUCT THE APPROPRIATE TPL AMOUNT. AS A RESULT, A NEGATIVE BALANCE COULD RESULT FOR AFFECTED PROVIDERS WHICH WILL IMPACT THE TOTAL PAYMENT AMOUNT YOU WILL RECEIVE ON THAT AND POSSIBLE FUTURE REMITTANCE ADVICES. CONTACT UNISYS PROVIDER RELATIONS DEPARTMENT AT (800) 473-2783 OR (225) 924-5040 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ACTION. 

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OUR RAS NOW DISPLAY BOTH MEDICAL RECORD/PATIENT ACCOUNT # & PATIENT CONTROL # APPEARING ON CLAIMS. MEDICAL RECORD/PATIENT ACCOUNT # WILL APPEAR BELOW THE RECIPIENT ID & PATIENT CONTROL # WILL APPEAR BELOW DATE OF SERVICE ON THE RA. INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE FIELDS ON YOUR CLAIM WILL APPEAR ON THE RA FOR THAT RECIPIENT.