Medi-Cal Requiring Physician Re-enrollment November 9, 2012 Medi Cal, Medicaid, Physician Resource, SFMS Member Events Medi-Cal provider enrollment, SFMS webinar, DHCS 0 The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will soon be notifying physicians that they must re-enroll in Medi-Cal as one of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA requires every state Medicaid program (Medi-Cal in California) to revalidate provider enrollment information at least every five years beginning January 2, 2013. DHCS is currently working to identify an initial list of all physicians and other providers who will be required to revalidate. Notices of revalidation will be mailed beginning the second week of January 2013. Notices will be sent to business location on file with DHCS. Each notice will include information on which application(s) must be completed. Anyone receiving a notice must complete and return the requested form(s) and required attachments within 35 working days of the date of the notice. Failure to do so may result in payment delays. Physicians, who have revalidated, updated, or submitted new applications to the Medicare program within the last 12 months (January 1 through December 31, 2012) will not be required to revalidate at this time. However, your Medicare enrollment information must match the information on file with the Medi-Cal program. If the information does not match, you will receive notice from DHCS requiring you to revalidate. SFMS/CMA will be hosting two live webinar training courses with representatives from DHCS to walk attendees through the Medi-Cal enrollment process for both individual providers and groups. Also to be discussed will be program requirements and how to avoid common mistakes that can lead to delays, denials and exclusion from the Medi-Cal program. These extended-length webinars are free to members, and will be held November 15, 2012, and January 16, 2013, from 12:15 to 1:45 pm. Click here for more information or to register for the complimentary webinar(s). Comments are closed.
