The Pennsylvania Medicaid Agency Has Posted its Fee Schedule Revisions

padeptofruralhealth September 8, 2023

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) on August 26 posted Medical Assistance fee schedule changes that become effective Sept. 5. DHS is adding and end-dating procedure codes according to the 2023 updates provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). DHS is adding procedure codes and setting limitations and making fee adjustments to current procedure codes.

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