Effective 10/30/2004, an enhanced 'Provider
Manuals' tab has been added to the Home page.
It includes Information for All Providers, and
both General and Supplemental Documentation.

Introducing eMedNY eXchange,
a new electronic file submission method!

Effective 11/01/2004 eMedNY eXchange
will be available for users to send and
receive the following HIPAA compliant
transaction files.

270/271 - Eligibility Inquiry and Response

278 - Service Authorization Request and
Response (except for DVS requests).

eMedNY eXchange is as easy as email:

• Users can submit batches of HIPAA
  compliant transactions by "attaching"
  files and sending them for processing.
• Users can pick up responses from the
  system by going to their "Inbox" and
  detaching files to their computers.

To access eMedNY eXchange you must first
enroll in ePACES/eXchange via
https://www.emedny.org/enroll/.
To activate your eXchange Inbox, call
eMedNY Provider Services at (800) 343-9000.

Please visit the October Medicaid Update at
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/man
care/omm/2004/oct2004.htm#ex for March
2005 eMedNY eXchange details.

Effective 10/21/2004, NCPDP,
MEVS Denial Code "999"- "Header
Field Error", used for various
Header Errors, is also used to
indicate non-HIPAA Compliance.

Medicaid Provider Letter for August 13,
2004. A reminder that the October 6,
HIPAA deadline is less than two months away.

New

A letter to Providers stating that
Magnetic Media will not be supported
by eMedNY Phase II, scheduled for March
2005. Also announcing planned changes in
Paper Forms.

A preview of the new/modified
Paper Forms for eMedNY Phase II,
scheduled for March 2005.

Update listed of valid state abbreviation
codes.

Effective 08/23/2004, six new Medicaid
Eligibility Coverage Codes will be added.
Three of these new coverage codes will
be eligible to enroll in Managed Care.
Please note: PC users must update the
NYSERRCD.ini file in order to see these
changes (link removed)

Effective July 24, 2004, there will be a new
message for HIPAA reject code 84 -
(Certification Not Required for this
Service). New message "PA NOT
REQ/MEDIA TYPE INVALID" will be
returned except on the OMNI 3750.
The OMNI 3750 will continue to
return "DVS NUMBER NOT REQUIRED"

Letter to users of the NY Medicaid Eligibility
Field software. New York Medicaid will not
accept transactions from this software after
October 6, 2004.

Medicaid Provider Newsletter for June 28.
October 6, 2004 established as the deadline
for submitting electronic claims and other
electronic transactions in a HIPAA compliant
format.

The Field Eligibility Software is not HIPAA
compliant, and is no longer available for
download. The software has been replaced*
by ePACES. If you have questions, please
contact us so we may assist you.

* The import/export batch functionality has
not been replaced by ePACES. Providers
wishing to submit Eligibility and Service
Authorizations in a batch mode should
consider the FTP batch process described in
the MEVS Batch Authorization Manual.

Effective March 21, 2004 Ordering
Provider Editing: 00940, 00943, 01237,
& 01243 (Denial Reason Codes 066, 067,
068 & 318) will be enhanced to ensure
Out-of-state Licenses contain a valid State
Abbreviation Code within the first two-digits
of the License Number.

ePACES User System Requirements
for Optimal Performance.