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2003 MassHealth provider bulletins

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December

All Provider Bulletin 130: Change in MassHealth Co-payment Policy , Open RTF file, 72.57 KB (English, RTF 72.57 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 130: Change in MassHealth Co-payment Policy , Open PDF file, 273.59 KB (English, PDF 273.59 KB)
Dental Bulletin 30: Supplemental Dental Prior Authorization Form, Open RTF file, 31.47 KB (English, RTF 31.47 KB)
Dental Bulletin 30: Supplemental Dental Prior Authorization Form, Open PDF file, 141.18 KB (English, PDF 141.18 KB)

November

All Provider Bulletin 128: Implementation of the HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Prior Authorization Request and Response Transaction, Open RTF file, 42.86 KB (English, RTF 42.86 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 128: Implementation of the HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Prior Authorization Request and Response Transaction, Open PDF file, 265.83 KB (English, PDF 265.83 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 129: MassHealth Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program, Open RTF file, 29.42 KB (English, RTF 29.42 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 129: MassHealth Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program, Open PDF file, 264.07 KB (English, PDF 264.07 KB)
Acute Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 126: Electronic Claim Submissions for Dually Eligible Members, Open RTF file, 37.58 KB (English, RTF 37.58 KB)
Acute Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 126: Electronic Claim Submissions for Dually Eligible Members, Open PDF file, 119.86 KB (English, PDF 119.86 KB)
Chronic Disease and Rehabilitation Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 85: Electronic Claim Submissions for Members with Medicare and Commercial Insurance, Open RTF file, 62.11 KB (English, RTF 62.11 KB)
Chronic Disease and Rehabilitation Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 85: Electronic Claim Submissions for Members with Medicare and Commercial Insurance, Open PDF file, 124.95 KB (English, PDF 124.95 KB)
Home Health Agency Bulletin 41: Electronic Claim Submissions for Members with Medicare and Commercial Insurance, Open RTF file, 64.13 KB (English, RTF 64.13 KB)
Home Health Agency Bulletin 41: Electronic Claim Submissions for Members with Medicare and Commercial Insurance, Open PDF file, 124.59 KB (English, PDF 124.59 KB)
Nursing Facility Bulletin 124: Electronic Claim Submissions for Members with Medicare and Commercial Insurance, Open RTF file, 69.8 KB (English, RTF 69.8 KB)
Nursing Facility Bulletin 124: Electronic Claim Submissions for Members with Medicare and Commercial Insurance, Open PDF file, 124.98 KB (English, PDF 124.98 KB)
Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 21: Electronic Claim Submissions for Members with Medicare and Commercial Insurance, Open RTF file, 66.59 KB (English, RTF 66.59 KB)
Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 21: Electronic Claim Submissions for Members with Medicare and Commercial Insurance, Open PDF file, 124.29 KB (English, PDF 124.29 KB)

October

All Provider Bulletin 127: Implementation of HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Remittance Advice, Open RTF file, 59.65 KB (English, RTF 59.65 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 127: Implementation of HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Remittance Advice, Open PDF file, 261.47 KB (English, PDF 261.47 KB)
Municipally Based Health Services Bulletin 9: Services Provided to Special Education Students, Open RTF file, 88.63 KB (English, RTF 88.63 KB)
Municipally Based Health Services Bulletin 9: Services Provided to Special Education Students, Open PDF file, 367.44 KB (English, PDF 367.44 KB)
Municipally Based Health Services Bulletin 8: Program and Administrative Activity Claiming , Open RTF file, 40.23 KB (English, RTF 40.23 KB)
Municipally Based Health Services Bulletin 8: Program and Administrative Activity Claiming, Open PDF file, 144.07 KB (English, PDF 144.07 KB)

September

Abortion Clinic Bulletin 7: Administrative Simplification for Claims Requiring Attachments, Open RTF file, 36.58 KB (English, RTF 36.58 KB)
Abortion Clinic Bulletin 7: Administrative Simplification for Claims Requiring Attachments, Open PDF file, 107.55 KB (English, PDF 107.55 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 126: HIPAA Compliance for Electronic Claim Submissions, Open PDF file, 127.07 KB (English, PDF 127.07 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 126: HIPAA Compliance for Electronic Claim Submissions, Open RTF file, 68.89 KB (English, RTF 68.89 KB)
Acute Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 125: Administrative Simplification for Claims Requiring Attachments, Open PDF file, 108.85 KB (English, PDF 108.85 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 125: Billing Procedure for HIPAA Electronic Claims Requiring Attachments, Open RTF file, 37.88 KB (English, RTF 37.88 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 125: Billing Procedure for HIPAA Electronic Claims Requiring Attachments, Open PDF file, 119.8 KB (English, PDF 119.8 KB)
Acute Outpatient Hospital Bulletin 7: Revisions to Service and Revenue Codes, Open RTF file, 52.25 KB (English, RTF 52.25 KB)
Acute Outpatient Hospital Bulletin 7: Revisions to Service and Revenue Codes, Open PDF file, 211.57 KB (English, PDF 211.57 KB)
Acute Outpatient Hospital Bulletin 8: Maximum Billable Units on Revenue Codes and Current Procedural Terminology Codes (CPT4), Open RTF file, 27.24 KB (English, RTF 27.24 KB)
Acute Outpatient Hospital Bulletin 8: Maximum Billable Units on Revenue Codes and Current Procedural Terminology Codes (CPT4), Open PDF file, 177.27 KB (English, PDF 177.27 KB)
Acute Outpatient Hospital Bulletin 9: Updates to Payable and Nonpayable Services Provided to MassHealth Members, Open RTF file, 34.46 KB (English, RTF 34.46 KB)
Acute Outpatient Hospital Bulletin 9: Updates to Payable and Nonpayable Services Provided to MassHealth Members , Open PDF file, 198.41 KB (English, PDF 198.41 KB)
Acute Outpatient Hospital Bulletin 10: Administrative Simplification for Claims Requiring Attachments, Open RTF file, 36.56 KB (English, RTF 36.56 KB)
Acute Outpatient Hospital Bulletin 10: Administrative Simplification for Claims Requiring Attachments, Open PDF file, 117.49 KB (English, PDF 117.49 KB)
Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center Bulletin 3: Administrative Simplification for Claims Requiring Attachments, Open RTF file, 35.08 KB (English, RTF 35.08 KB)
Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center Bulletin 3: Administrative Simplification for Claims Requiring Attachments, Open PDF file, 109.51 KB (English, PDF 109.51 KB)
Family Planning Agency Bulletin 9: Administrative Simplification for Claims Requiring Attachments, Open RTF file, 33.98 KB (English, RTF 33.98 KB)
Family Planning Agency Bulletin 9: Administrative Simplification for Claims Requiring Attachments, Open PDF file, 108.44 KB (English, PDF 108.44 KB)
Physician Bulletin 79: Administrative Simplification for Claims Requiring Attachments, Open RTF file, 35.25 KB (English, RTF 35.25 KB)
Physician Bulletin 79: Administrative Simplification for Claims Requiring Attachments, Open PDF file, 117.06 KB (English, PDF 117.06 KB)
Podiatrist Bulletin 13: Administrative Simplification for Claims Requiring Attachments, Open RTF file, 35.79 KB (English, RTF 35.79 KB)
Podiatrist Bulletin 13: Administrative Simplification for Claims Requiring Attachments, Open PDF file, 87.24 KB (English, PDF 87.24 KB)

August

Acute Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 124: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open RTF file, 54.63 KB (English, RTF 54.63 KB)
Acute Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 124: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open PDF file, 245.16 KB (English, PDF 245.16 KB)
Community Health Center Bulletin 53: Services Provided by a Medicare-Noncertified Clinician, Open RTF file, 43.15 KB (English, RTF 43.15 KB)
Community Health Center Bulletin 53: Services Provided by a Medicare-Noncertified Clinician, Open PDF file, 106.16 KB (English, PDF 106.16 KB)
Chronic Disease and Rehabilitation Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 84: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open RTF file, 54.12 KB (English, RTF 54.12 KB)
Chronic Disease and Rehabilitation Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 84: : Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format (PDF), Open PDF file, 14.38 KB (English, PDF 14.38 KB)
Home Health Agency Bulletin 40: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open RTF file, 53.34 KB (English, RTF 53.34 KB)
Home Health Agency Bulletin 40: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open PDF file, 14.29 KB (English, PDF 14.29 KB)
Hospice Bulletin 7: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open RTF file, 53.2 KB (English, RTF 53.2 KB)
Hospice Bulletin 7: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open PDF file, 252.67 KB (English, PDF 252.67 KB)
Intensive Residential Treatment Program Bulletin 1: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open RTF file, 53.87 KB (English, RTF 53.87 KB)
Intensive Residential Treatment Program Bulletin 1: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open PDF file, 253.14 KB (English, PDF 253.14 KB)
Mental Health Center Bulletin 27: Crisis Intervention Services Provided to Dually Entitled Members, Open RTF file, 96.91 KB (English, RTF 96.91 KB)
Mental Health Center Bulletin 27: Crisis Intervention Services Provided to Dually Entitled Members, Open PDF file, 90.59 KB (English, PDF 90.59 KB)
Mental Health Center Bulletin 28: Services Provided by a Medicare-Noncertified Clinician, Open RTF file, 39.69 KB (English, RTF 39.69 KB)
Mental Health Center Bulletin 28: Services Provided by a Medicare-Noncertified Clinician, Open PDF file, 106.37 KB (English, PDF 106.37 KB)
Nursing Facility Bulletin 123: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open RTF file, 54.39 KB (English, RTF 54.39 KB)
Nursing Facility Bulletin 123: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open PDF file, 246.33 KB (English, PDF 246.33 KB)
Outpatient Hospital Bulletin 46: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open PDF file, 252.75 KB (English, PDF 252.75 KB)
Outpatient Hospital Bulletin 46: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open RTF file, 93.96 KB (English, RTF 93.96 KB)
Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 20: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open RTF file, 42.76 KB (English, RTF 42.76 KB)
Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 20: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open PDF file, 45.47 KB (English, PDF 45.47 KB)
Rest Home Bulletin 29: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open RTF file, 53.54 KB (English, RTF 53.54 KB)
Rest Home Bulletin 29: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open PDF file, 251.08 KB (English, PDF 251.08 KB)
State School ICFs/MR Bulletin 18: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open RTF file, 52.53 KB (English, RTF 52.53 KB)
State School ICFs/MR Bulletin 18: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open PDF file, 253.23 KB (English, PDF 253.23 KB)

June

Community Health Center Bulletin 52: Controlled Substances Management Program , Open RTF file, 40.47 KB (English, RTF 40.47 KB)
Community Health Center Bulletin 52: Controlled Substances Management Program , Open PDF file, 122.37 KB (English, PDF 122.37 KB)
Dental Bulletin 29: Controlled Substances Management Program, Open RTF file, 39.92 KB (English, RTF 39.92 KB)
Dental Bulletin 29: Controlled Substances Management Program, Open PDF file, 122.43 KB (English, PDF 122.43 KB)
Outpatient Hospital Bulletin 45: Controlled Substances Management Program, Open PDF file, 122.67 KB (English, PDF 122.67 KB)
Outpatient Hospital Bulletin 45: Controlled Substances Management Program, Open RTF file, 40.39 KB (English, RTF 40.39 KB)
Pharmacy Bulletin 72: Controlled Substances Management Program, Open RTF file, 41.84 KB (English, RTF 41.84 KB)
Pharmacy Bulletin 72: Controlled Substances Management Program, Open PDF file, 148.29 KB (English, PDF 148.29 KB)
Physician Bulletin 78: Controlled Substances Management Program, Open RTF file, 39.86 KB (English, RTF 39.86 KB)
Physician Bulletin 78: Controlled Substances Management Program, Open PDF file, 122.79 KB (English, PDF 122.79 KB)
Podiatrist Bulletin 12: Controlled Substances Management Program, Open RTF file, 40.14 KB (English, RTF 40.14 KB)
Podiatrist Bulletin 12: Controlled Substances Management Program, Open PDF file, 122.16 KB (English, PDF 122.16 KB)

May

All Provider Bulletin 124: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open RTF file, 793.72 KB (English, RTF 793.72 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 124: Implementation of the 837 Institutional HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open PDF file, 260.76 KB (English, PDF 260.76 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 123: New Rebilling Procedures for Denied Claims, Open RTF file, 39.13 KB (English, RTF 39.13 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 123: New Rebilling Procedures for Denied Claims, Open PDF file, 49.58 KB (English, PDF 49.58 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 122: Administrative Simplification: Remittance Advices, Open RTF file, 27.7 KB (English, RTF 27.7 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 122: Administrative Simplification: Remittance Advices, Open PDF file, 101.35 KB (English, PDF 101.35 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 121: Updated Appendix C and New Carrier Code, Open RTF file, 33.98 KB (English, RTF 33.98 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 121: Updated Appendix C and New Carrier Code, Open PDF file, 131.48 KB (English, PDF 131.48 KB)

April

Acute Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 123: MassHealth Eligibility Representative Designation MassHealth Permission to Share Information, Open RTF file, 84.38 KB (English, RTF 84.38 KB)
Acute Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 123: MassHealth Eligibility Representative Designation MassHealth Permission to Share Information, Open PDF file, 159.44 KB (English, PDF 159.44 KB)
Community Health Center Bulletin 51: MassHealth Eligibility Representative Designation MassHealth Permission to Share Information, Open RTF file, 84.02 KB (English, RTF 84.02 KB)
Community Health Center Bulletin 51: MassHealth Eligibility Representative Designation MassHealth Permission to Share Information, Open PDF file, 159.42 KB (English, PDF 159.42 KB)
Long Term Care Facility Bulletin 83: Medex Premium Rate Increase, Open RTF file, 49.47 KB (English, RTF 49.47 KB)
Long Term Care Facility Bulletin 83: Medex Premium Rate Increase, Open PDF file, 109.36 KB (English, PDF 109.36 KB)
Long Term Care Facility Bulletin 84: Annual Accounting for Personal Needs Allowance Funds, Open RTF file, 35.38 KB (English, RTF 35.38 KB)
Long Term Care Facility Bulletin 84: Annual Accounting for Personal Needs Allowance Funds, Open PDF file, 185.68 KB (English, PDF 185.68 KB)
Long Term Care Facility Bulletin 85: MassHealth Eligibility Representative Designation MassHealth Permission to Share Information, Open RTF file, 84.12 KB (English, RTF 84.12 KB)
Long Term Care Facility Bulletin 85: MassHealth Eligibility Representative Designation MassHealth Permission to Share Information, Open PDF file, 159.91 KB (English, PDF 159.91 KB)
Nursing Facility Bulletin 122: Appeal Rights of Nursing Facility Residents Booklet, Open DOCX file, 11.78 KB (English, DOCX 11.78 KB)
Nursing Facility Bulletin 122: Appeal Rights of Nursing Facility Residents Booklet, Open PDF file, 39.66 KB (English, PDF 39.66 KB)
Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 19: Changes in Clinical Assessment Forms, Open PDF file, 290.6 KB (English, PDF 290.6 KB)
Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 19: Changes in Clinical Assessment Forms, Open RTF file, 40.58 KB (English, RTF 40.58 KB)

March

All Provider Bulletin 120: Important Information about the MassHealth Pharmacy Program, Open RTF file, 42.05 KB (English, RTF 42.05 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 120: Important Information about the MassHealth Pharmacy Program, Open PDF file, 128.14 KB (English, PDF 128.14 KB)
Acute Outpatient Hospital Bulletin 6: HCFA Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Update, Open RTF file, 39.68 KB (English, RTF 39.68 KB)
Acute Outpatient Hospital Bulletin 6: HCFA Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Update, Open PDF file, 162.29 KB (English, PDF 162.29 KB)
Diagnostic and Surgical Facility Bulletin 8: Revised List of Service Codes and Descriptions (2003 HCPCS), Open RTF file, 56.22 KB (English, RTF 56.22 KB)
Diagnostic and Surgical Facility Bulletin 8: Revised List of Service Codes and Descriptions (2003 HCPCS), Open PDF file, 100.68 KB (English, PDF 100.68 KB)

February

Dental Bulletin 28: Implementation of HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open RTF file, 36.02 KB (English, RTF 36.02 KB)
Dental Bulletin 28: Implementation of HIPAA-Compliant Electronic Claim Format, Open PDF file, 260.83 KB (English, PDF 260.83 KB)

January

All Provider Bulletin 119: Modification to REVS Automated Voice Response (AVR) System, Open PDF file, 240.36 KB (English, PDF 240.36 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 119: Modification to REVS Automated Voice Response (AVR) System, Open RTF file, 68.45 KB (English, RTF 68.45 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 118: Changes to MassHealth Basic and Buy-in Eligibility Rules, Open RTF file, 43.46 KB (English, RTF 43.46 KB)
All Provider Bulletin 118: Changes to MassHealth Basic and Buy-in Eligibility Rules, Open PDF file, 121.86 KB (English, PDF 121.86 KB)
Acute Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 122: Changes in Clinical Assessment Forms, Open RTF file, 39.38 KB (English, RTF 39.38 KB)
Acute Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 122: Changes in Clinical Assessment Forms, Open PDF file, 311.77 KB (English, PDF 311.77 KB)
Chronic Disease and Rehabilitation Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 83: Changes in Clinical Assessment Forms , Open RTF file, 1.65 MB (English, RTF 1.65 MB)
Chronic Disease and Rehabilitation Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 83: Chronic Disease and Rehabilitation Inpatient Hospital Bulletin 83, Open PDF file, 312.53 KB (English, PDF 312.53 KB)
Long Term Care Facility Bulletin 82: 2003 Social Security Benefit Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for Residents of Long-Term-Care Facilities, Open RTF file, 28.87 KB (English, RTF 28.87 KB)
Long Term Care Facility Bulletin 82: 2003 Social Security Benefit Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for Residents of Long-Term-Care Facilities, Open PDF file, 107.25 KB (English, PDF 107.25 KB)

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