The document and web page found at the following links contain or access general information for providers participating in the New York State Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) program on policies and billing guidance for practitioner administered drugs:

• Provider Manuals
• Medicine, Drugs and Drug Administration (See section: DRUGS ADMINISTERED OTHER THAN ORAL METHOD)

The following table contains links to guidance for providers participating in the Medicaid FFS program for specific drugs or drug classes that are practitioner administered. Policy specific for each listed drug or drug class is offered as a link to the latest pertinent Medicaid Update article. Some drugs or drug classes have Clinical Criteria Worksheets available. The Worksheets are designed to ensure complete claim documentation and outlines, step-by-step, the clinical as well as claim documentation requirements for drugs subject to clinical criteria. Legible, completed worksheets along with manufacturer invoices showing drug acquisition costs including all discounts, rebates and incentives can be submitted with each Health Care Finance Administration (HCFA) Claim Form (HCFA 1500). The associated invoices must be dated within 6 months prior to the dates of service and/or should include the expiration dates of the drugs.

* PDF - Portable Document Format
** N/A - Not Applicable

Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) plan policies and billing guidance for practitioner administered drugs can be found at the MMC Pharmacy Benefit Information Center. Select a plan and then the link to practitioner administered drug policy and billing guidance.

MMC plans are required to comply with the requirements in the Medicaid Managed Care/Family Health Plus/ Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Special Needs Plan Model Contract Section 10-2, which can be found on the New York State Department of Health "Information for Health Care Providers" web page, and must ensure that covered services are provided in sufficient amount, duration and scope to reasonably be expected to achieve the purpose for which services are furnished.

Updates to the practitioner administered drug payment policies are in the Medicaid Update, which is published monthly. The Medicaid Update Main Page has topics arranged alphabetically and contains search functionality.

Periodically, communications are posted on the eMedNY website.This link to the Provider Manual Tab will lead to a web page with listed practitioner groups.Within many practitioner groups, the right-hand panel will have a "Featured Links" section that contains a link to that group's "communications."

• FFS policy questions may be directed to the Office of Health Insurance Programs (OHIP) Division of Program Development and Management at (518) 473-2160.
• FFS billing and claim questions should be directed to the eMedNY call center at (800) 343-9000.
• MMC reimbursement, billing, and/or documentation questions should be directed to the enrollee's MMC plan.

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