IHCP Important updates posted to the website - Published 8/25

The Indiana Health Coverage Programs (IHCP) posted the following important information to the provider website at indianamedicaid.com on August 25, 2017 (unless alternate date is noted). 

Provider Reference Modules
- Injections, Vaccines, and Other Physician-Administered Drugs
- Edited and reorganized text throughout the module for clarity
- Changed Hewlett Packard Enterprise references to DXC Technology
- Added information to the Introduction section about immunizations being a self referral service
- Updated the National Drug Code Requirements section and its subsections, including adding outpatient billing and Portal instructions
- Removed the reference to infusions from the Reimbursement for Physician-Administered Drugs section
- Updated the Nonspecific CPT or HCPCS Drug Codes section to encompass non-injection drugs and to clarify that nonspecific vaccines are not manually priced
- Added Coverage and Limitations for Specific Types of Physician-Administered Drugs section heading and introduction to group subsections
- Updated the Vaccines for Children Program section and its subsections, including:
-Removing reference to the VFC-available vaccines table (no longer included on the Code Sets page)
- Clarifying diagnosis code requirements for VFC claims
- Removing local and fax numbers for the Indiana Immunization Program
- Updating the link to VFC Provider Documents 

- Division of Disability and Rehabilitation Services
- Updated BMR section based on bulletin on FSSA website released in 2016 
        - Rate chart updated to match IHCP bulletin from 2016
- Added third-party liability language
- Added FSSA audit language
- Date for Statewide Transition Plan updated

Code Table and Other Updates 
- The following code table updates are now available on the Code Sets page:
- Injections, Vaccines, and Other Physician-Administered Drugs
- Reviewed all code tables
- Removed the Procedure Codes for Vaccines for Children (VFC) - Available Vaccines table
- See the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Vaccine Price List at cdc.gov for information on what vaccines are covered under the VFC program

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