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Provider Update

Provider Update No. 176

Date: March 17, 2025

To: Providers

From: CalOptima Health Provider Network Management

Subject: Procedure Code Updates

Based on Medi-Cal Bulletins and Newsflashes, CalOptima Health has updated the procedure codes and other relevant information for the subjects listed below:

  • Update: The Number of Required Antepartum Visits to Bill for Global Obstetric Care Has Changed
  • PLA Codes 0118U and 0493U Updated to a Medi-Cal Benefit
  • Presumptive Eligibility Provider Update: 2025 FPL Programming Complete
  • March 2025 CCS Service Code Groupings Policy Update
  • Rate Updates for Select FPACT HCPCS Codes
  • Rate Update for Specific Contraceptive HCPCS Codes
  • Policy Update for HCPCS Codes Z7500 and Z7516
  • Clarified Medi-Cal Policy for Doula Services
  • 2025 Income Eligibility Guidelines for Every Woman Counts Program
  • March 2025 Update to AEVS: Carrier Codes for Other Health Coverage
  • Select DME HCPCS Codes are Non-Taxable
  • Update: Add-On Reimbursement Rate for PP-GEMT IGT Program
  • EWC DETEC Breast and Cervical Data Cycles Entry
  • February 2025 Update: Select SNF WQIP Finalized Policy Letters and Qualifying List
  • National Correct Coding Initiative Quarterly Update for 2025: MUE Replacement Files
  • Justice-Involved (JI) Reentry Initiative: Updated Q&As for October 2024 and January 2025 Webinars
  • Community Clinic Directed Payment Program: Extended Deadline and Tribal Health Instructions
  • 2025 Rate Increase for Home and Community-Based Services Waivers and Programs
  • Reporting Year 2026 Payment Error Rate Measurement Review
  • Clarification on Billing Guidelines for Medi-Cal Providers for Street Medicine
  • HPE Off-Premises Flexibilities

For detailed information regarding these changes, please refer to:

To access the updated Physician Administered Drug Prior Authorization List (PAD PA List), please refer to

https://www.caloptima.org/en/ForProviders/ClaimsandEligibility/PriorAuthorizations.aspx

 

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