Provider Alerts 2026 Emails relevant to rules, Medicaid provider guides, and policies. Date Provider Alert 1/8/2026 Updated January 1, 2026 Complex Rehabilitation Technology (CRT) and Prosthetics & Orthotics (P&O) Billing Guides 1/16/2026 Inpatient hospital DRG outlier threshold increase; effective January 1, 2026 1/30/2026 Updated Rural Health Clinics (RHC) Billing Guide 1/30/2026 Updated Prosthetic and Orthotic Devices Billing Guide 2/5/2026 Nursing Facility Held Claims Update 2/13/2026 Updated Maternity Support Services (MSS) Billing Guide, effective February 28, 2026 2/13/2026 Updated Sleep Centers Billing Guide, effective February 13, 2026 3/2/2026 Dental-Related Services Billing Guide update, effective March 14, 2026 3/6/2026 Health-Related Social Needs Billing Guide Updates 3/17/2026 Quarterly Billing Guide Updates, Effective 04/01/2026 3/24/2026 Mental Health Services Billing Guide Updates, effective April 1, 2026 3/25/2026 Family Planning Billing Guide Updates 3/27/2026 Urological and incontinent supplies new billing codes, effective January 1, 2026 4/20/2026 Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) providers 4/24/2026 Reentry Billing Guide Update, eff. May 1st 2026 5/21/2026 Updated Hospice Services Billing Guide 6/23/2026 Quarterly Billing Guide Updates, Effective 7/1/2026 6/25/2026 COVID-19 testing—Molecular and antigen updates eff. 10/1/2026 7/8/2026 Mental Health Services Billing Guide Updates, Effective July 1, 2026 7/8/2026 Frenectomy and Frenotomy Procedures Require Prior Authorization, Effective January 1, 2026 7/13/2026 Outpatient Rehabilitation Billing Guide Update, effective July 10, 2026 8/10/2026 Reminder: Hospital trauma services enhanced professional payments 8/14/2026 Interpreter Services Billing Guide Updated With Sign Language Interpreter Services Information 8/28/2026 Community Behavioral Health Support Services Billing Guide updates effective 9/1/2026 9/1/2026 Wildfire Response—Reminder of Telemedicine Options Available
