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DHS Presents Update on Medicaid Provider Enrollment Efforts

With the state still struggling to enroll and revalidate Medicaid providers, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) presented an update on its efforts to improve that process at the April 23 meeting of its Medical Assistance Advisory Committee (MAAC).
According to the presentation, DHS is focusing its improvements in three primary areas:  introducing a new electronic enrollment web portal this fall; standardizing its processes and procedures; and adding staff next month to facilitate enrollments.
DHS staff made a presentation on its latest efforts at the April 23 MAAC meeting.  See that presentation here.

2015-04-27T06:00:56+00:00April 27th, 2015|Pennsylvania Medicaid policy|Comments Off on DHS Presents Update on Medicaid Provider Enrollment Efforts

PA Moves to Streamline Medicaid Provider Enrollment

In response to the challenges the state has encountered processing Medicaid provider enrollment applications, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) has unveiled what it believes will be an improved approach to tackling this problem.
The improvements include electronic enrollment, standardization of policies and procedures, and additional provider enrollment staffing.
At the heart of the backlog are Affordable Care Act requirements.
Go here to see a message from DHS acting secretary Theodore Dallas on this subject.

2015-04-23T06:00:08+00:00April 23rd, 2015|Affordable Care Act, Pennsylvania Medicaid laws and regulations, Pennsylvania Medicaid policy|Comments Off on PA Moves to Streamline Medicaid Provider Enrollment
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