Purpose


The purpose of this rule amendment is to incorporate by reference in rule the revised Florida Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Handbook, CMS-1500, July 2008. The revised handbook includes paper claim billing instructions for home and community-based waiver services and targeted case management services. The revised handbook also includes information on the new Medicaid fiscal agent, Electronic Data Systems (EDS), and the new Medicaid computer system. In addition, the handbook contains updated billing instructions for entering National Drug Codes on claims for HCPCS codes for drugs and for entering prior authorization numbers for Medical Foster Care and Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Center Services. The effect will be to incorporate by reference in rule the Florida Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Handbook, CMS-1500, July 2008. In the Notice of Rule Development, published in Vol. 33, No. 48, Florida Administrative Weekly, dated November 30, 2008, we stated that the handbook effective date was March 2008. We changed this date to July 2008.