PHARMACY PROVIDERS, PLEASE NOTE!!!

If you are unsure about the coverage of a drug product, please contact the PBM help desk at 1-800-648-0790.

Please file adjustments for claims that may have been incorrectly paid. Only those products of the manufacturers which participate in the Federal Rebate Program will be covered by the Medicaid program. Participation may be verified in Appendix C, available at http://www.lamedicaid.com/. 

Should you have any questions regarding any of the following messages, please contact Molina Medicaid Solutions at (800) 473-2783 or (225) 924-5040.

ATTENTION PROVIDERS: PAYMENT ERROR RATE MEASUREMENT (PERM) TO BEGIN 10/01/2013

LA Medicaid is mandated to participate in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) program which will assess our payment accuracy rate for the Medicaid and LACHIP programs. The results of these reviews will be used to produce a national error rate which will be reported to Congress. If chosen in a random sample, your organization will soon receive a Medical Records Request from the review contractor, A+ Government Solutions. A period of 75 days from the date of receipt of the request will be given to submit the requested documentation. If no documentation or incomplete documentation is submitted, the claim(s) will be considered to be an error and is subject to a payment recovery through withholding of payment, and/or a possible fine. REMINDER: Providers who are no longer doing business with Louisiana Medicaid are obligated to retain recipient records for 5 years, under the terms of the Provider Enrollment Agreement. FOR MORE PERM INFORMATION: http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Monitoring-Programs/PERM/Providers.html.

Attention Pharmacists and Prescribing Providers of Bayou Health Shared and Legacy Plans:

Effective October 1, 2013 short-acting beta2 agonist inhalers (albuterol, levalbuterol, and pirbuterol) will have a quantity limit of six inhalers per calendar year. Pharmacy claims for omalizunab (Xolair �) will require a valid ICD-9-CM diagnosis code and a minimum age of 12 years. See http://www.lamedicaid.com/ for more information.

ATTENTION LOUISIANA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS UPDATE TO THE NOTICE DATED 8/15/13 CONCERNING NEW EDIT 133 FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CROSSOVER CLAIMS

In July, you were notified that effective 8/6/2013 (date of payment), Medicare crossover claims for Behavioral Health services would be denied with new Edit 133 and the claims would automatically be sent to Magellan for processing. In August, you were notified of a delay in the automatic transfer of these claims until late August or September.

This notice is to convey another delay in this transfer process. DHH and Magellan are working to resolve the outstanding issues to allow these claims to be processed by Magellan in a timely manner.

Providers will continue to see Edit 133 denials in Molina's processing system, and all of these claims (with payment date 8/6/2013 and after) will be appropriately processed by Magellan as quickly as possible. As before, no action is required on the part of the provider.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may continue to cause as we work to through the final steps in this new process.