Hearing Aid Dispensers

Prior Authorization Forms Claim Jumper Newsletters

General Information for Providers  
This manual has general information for all provider types.

Audiology and Hearing Aid Services
This manual has information specific to your provider type.

2024

03/27/2024 HHS Letter to Healthcare Providers
03/27/2024 Resources for Providers in Response to the Change Healthcare Cyberattack
03/27/2024 Updated CLIA Claims Editing
03/27/2024 Avoiding Claim Denials
03/27/2024 Location Address and Provider Maintenance Updates
03/19/2024 Electronic Funds Transfer Payment Verification
03/12/2024 Valid Member ID and Eligibility Verification
03/12/2024 Provider Initiated Claims Adjustment
03/05/2024 Voiding Claims With a Prior Authorization
01/26/2024 Non-Covered Services: Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
01/23/2024  Montana Healthcare Programs Support Services Holiday Closure REVISED
01/08/2024 Electronic Claim Adjustment Processing Change

2023

12/22/2023  Passport Provider Referral Number on Claims
12/12/2023  Individual Providers Enrolled as Sole Proprietors Due for Revalidation
11/08/2023  Prior Authorization Information
10/31/2023 Managed Care Referrals IHS, Tribal 638, and Urban Indian Organizations REVISED
09/15/2023  Reminder and Changes to Supply Coverage Under the Hearing Aid Miscellaneous Codes
09/15/2023  Claims Payment Discrepancy Update
09/14/2023  Claims Payment Discrepancy Identified
09/08/2023  Medicaid Claims Payment Delayed
09/06/2023  Provider Rate Increases Systematic Adjustments
08/01/2023  Provider License Expiration Reminder Letters
07/06/2023 Provider Rate Increases
06/02/2023  New Hearing Aid Review and Approval Process Through Qualitrac Portal
05/26/2023 Medicaid Reimbursement and Court Ordered Services REVISED
04/10/2023 Resumption of Face-to-Face Requirements for Selected Programs REVISED

03/22/2023 Coverage and Reimbursement Policy for Telemedicine/Telehealth Services
03/22/2023 End of Public Health Emergency (PHE) Effects on Pharmacy Coverage
03/22/2023 Non-Covered Services Agreement Policy Return to Requirements
03/22/2023 Reinstatement of the Primary Care Provider Referral for Passport
03/22/2023 Resumption of Face-to-Face Requirements for Selected Programs
03/22/2023 Resumption of Prior Authorization Requirements Revised 04/03/2023
03/17/2023 End of Temporary Revision to Case Management General Provisions
03/10/2023  Provider Meetings for Medicaid Eligibility Redetermination and Unwinding PHE Flexibilities
03/09/2023 Add-on and E&M Code Editing
03/03/2023 End of Public Health Emergency
01/04/2023  Montana Healthcare Programs Support Services Holiday Closures

2022

08/05/2022 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Cost Avoidance Statute Changes
05/16/2022 Help Members Receive Important Information from Montana Medicaid and Stay Covered
05/13/2022 Revalidation Extended REVISED
05/13/2022 National Drug Code (NDC) Denial Errors
04/26/2022 Health Behavior Assessment and Intervention Billing Codes REVISED
03/29/2022 Nurse First Advice Line Services Ending
03/16/2022 Revalidation Extended to June 2022 REVISED Rev. 05/13/2022
02/23/2022 Revalidation Extended to June 2022 Rev. 03/16/2022
02/23/2022 Standing Orders and Medicaid Reimbursement
01/14/2022 Montana Healthcare Programs Support Services Holiday Closures

2021

12/15/2021 Health Behavior Assessment and Intervention Billing Codes  Rev. 04/26/2022
12/10/2021 New Provider Services Portal
09/16/2021 Billing Update - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
07/20/2021  Enrollment Update – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
07/06/2021  Adoption Of Temporary Emergency Rule To Allow for COVID-19-Related
Regulatory Discretion Beyond The Expiration Of The Governor-Declared State Of Emergency
06/11/2021  COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Billing Guidance
04/02/2021 
New Provider Type – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
01/28/2021  Montana Healthcare Programs Support Services Holiday Closures
01/11/2021  Provider Support Services Closed for Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 18, 2021

2020

12/07/2020  Medicaid Expansion Extended Through December 31, 2021 
10/28/2020  Provider Relief Fund General Allocation
08/28/2020 Provider Relief Fund General Allocation rev. 08/28/2020

08/11/2020 Provider Relief Fund General Allocation rev. 08/11/2020

07/24/2020 Provider Relief Fund General Allocation

07/17/2020  Medicaid Reimbursement and Court Ordered Services
05/15/2020  Temporary Revision to Case Management General Provisions
04/30/2020  National Correct Coding Initiative Announcement
04/28/2020  Temporary Suspension of the PCP Referral Requirement
04/27/2020  Non-Covered Services Agreement Policy Change

04/22/2020  Suspension of Prior Authorizations or Continued Stay Reviews and Clinical Requirements for Some Medicaid Programs


04/01/2020  Suspension of Face to Face Requirements for Some Medicaid Programs
03/19/2020  Telemedicine Medicaid Coverage and Reimbursement Policy for Telemedicine/Telehealth  rev 03/27/2020