Significant changes reflected in the Medicaid Billing Handbook # 6
Page	Topic	Change
iii	Introduction	Federal Education requirements relating to the use of public insurance funds for students with disabilities.
4	Processing of Near Match and Non-Match Reports and CIN Transactions	The final decision to determine if the MA client and the student are the same person lies with the school district/§4201 school/county, not the State.
7	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)	Description Family Policy Compliance Office Fact Sheet Procedures for the Transmission of Student Specific Data
8	FERPA	New item
9	Transmission of Student Specific Information	New item
10	Consent for Release of Information	When is parental consent for Medicaid Required?
13-16	Speech Therapy	Rewritten for clarity. Language included from May 23, 2003 and June 16, 2003 Memoranda from Robert Scalise regarding suggested documentation requirements and information regarding Teachers of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped who are also licensed Speech Language Pathologists.
17	Physical Therapy	Guidance for documenting supervision provided to Physical Therapist Assistants providing services.
18	Occupational Therapy	Guidance for documenting supervision provided to Occupational Therapist Assistants providing services.
22	Medical Evaluation	Schools may no longer bill for IEP sign-off of services.
25	Special Transportation	Revised to reflect July 2005 memorandum from Deputy Commissioner Cort and the 2001 memorandum from Robert Scalise regarding the definition and documentation of special transportation.
26-27	Targeted Case Management Reviews	Added: clarification of targeted case management services and students transitioning from preschool to school age.
32	Claiming Calendar	2005 update.
A	Special Transportation	Deputy Commissioner Rebecca H. Cort’s memorandum regarding documenting Special Transportation on IEP.
D	CNYRIC Reports Available	http://CNYRIC.org
E	Revised Error Messages	CNYRIC reports updated.
F- 2&3	Article 28 Facilities	List of preschool and school age facilities updated.
G	Medicaid Contacts	Monthly Reports/Files will be posted by CNYRIC. Contact information for RIC and State Medicaid staff updated.
	Web Reports	Districts & counties will access all reports and files on the web.