August 23, 2010
US mail ends from
Medicaid
Effective August, 2010 - providers will no longer receive payments, informational letters or provider general letters vis US mail. All communications will be exclusively in electronic format.
Informational Letters: will cease on and after 8/23/10 and can be retrieved from their website:
http://www.ime.state.ia.us/Providers/Bulletins.html
General Letters (Manual Transmittals): will cease on and after 8/23/10 and can be received from the website:
http://www.ime.state.ia.us/policyanalysis/PolicyManualPages/medprovgl.htm
For both types of letters, an additional notification mechanism is being desiged for the Iowa Medicaid Portal Access (IMPA) website at:
https://secureapp.dhs.state.ia.us/impa/ (details of this new feature will be sent out as it's completed and tested.
Providers Payments: will only be transmitted via an electronic format effective with the August 23rd payment cycle with funds available the following Thursday, August 26, 2010. Paper checks will no longer be issued as of this date. Providers have until August 9, 2010 to sign up for EFT through Provider Services.
Of note, Medicaid suggests if you don't have a computer, you can always go to your local library to access this information - honest - it's in their letter - they really suggested this!
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