Provider News

If you are a physician, hospital, pharmacist or other provider, be sure to check out the Fact Sheets and FAQs below and the provider notices and messages, provider manuals, provider newsletter (PROVIDER FOCUS) and other valuable information maintained on the GAMMIS site under Provider Information.  (Please note that when you click on this link to GAMMIS, you leave the DCH website.)

2016

• Georgia Department of Public Health Zika Virus Information - Posted 08/10/16

2015

• Synagis Policy Statement RSV Season 2015-2016 - Posted 09/16/15
• FAQ -- Credentialing Verification Organization Process  - Posted 07/14/15
• FAQs – Revalidation for Medicaid Providers – 06/12/14  – Updated 04/07/15
• FAQs - Paperless Transition - Updated 03/18/15

2014

• FAQs -- Paperless Transition -- Posted 10/10/14
• DCH Issues New Unpaid Funds Policy Effective July 1, 2014 --Posted 06/25/14
• DCH Begins Online-only Provider Enrollment  – Posted 05/07/14
• Revised FAQs – Medicaid Requirements for Ordering, Prescribing or Referring Providers – 12/30/14  – Updated 12/30/14
• Synagis Policy Statement RSV Season 2014 -- Posted 09/23/14  
• FAQs – Medicaid Provider/Facility Application Fees – 06/12/14 -- Updated 06/12/14
• FORM – Request for Hardship Waiver of Application Fee – 01/24/14 – Posted 02/05/14

2013

 

• FAQ – Centralized Prior Authorization Process for Medicaid Providers – Updated 12/30/13
• FAQs - ICD-10 Frequently Asked Question, Vol. 2 - Posted 08/08/13
• FAQs --  Requirements to Receive the ACA Primary Care Physician Rate Increase  -- Posted 08/01/13

2012

 

• PPACA Medical Primary Care and Vaccine Administration Rate Increase - Posted 12/21/12
• MMIS Survey for CMOs, Providers and DCH Staff
• SFY 2011 Georgia Hospital Provider Fee Data - Posted 08/11/12
• SFY 2013 Provider Payment Agreement Act  - Posted 07/19/12
• Updated PeachCare for Kids® Rate Increases Effective May 1, 2012  -Posted 07/18/12
• HS&R Report Request Form  - Posted 02/17/12
• ICD-10 Conversion: Why is this Important? - Posted 01/10/12

PROVIDER FOCUS Newsletters

• July/August 2014 -- Topics include information about DCH’s new Unpaid Funds Policy, the September 1 change to online-only provider enrollment, the Rural Free-Standing Emergency Departments Initiative, the progress on the multi-agency Integrated Eligibility System, and Frequently Asked Questions from Providers. – Posted 08/05/14 
• April/May 2014 – Topics include information about the upcoming change to online-only provider enrollment, the May 22 Medicaid Fair, updates about OPR Enrollment and Claims Editing, Revalidation and Application Fees, and Frequently Asked Questions from Providers. – Posted 05/13/14
• September/October 2013 – Topics include updates about OPR Enrollment and Claims Editing, Revalidation and Application Fees, and Frequently Asked Questions from Providers.
• July/August 2013 – Topics include information about the ACA Physician Rate Increase Attestation, ICD-10, Transition of Children in Foster Care, Adoption Assistance and Juvenile Justice, and more.
• 2013 First Quarter Newsletter - Topics include Medicaid Fair, ICD-10 Transition, Centralized Provider Credentialing and more