Provider Alert! Signature Updates to Home Health Prior Authorization Request Forms
Date: July 12, 2023 Attention: All Providers Effective date: July 1, 2023 Call to action: The purpose of this communication is to provide awareness that the signature requirements for Title XIX (Medicaid) Home Health Services have changed. Medicaid-enrolled physicians and allowed practitioners can now sign prior authorizations and order covered Medicaid Home Health Services, including skilled nursing, home health aide services, durable medical equipment and supplies, and adult physical and occupational therapy services. An allowed practitioner is a physician assistant (PA) or an advanced...
