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Medical Equipment Vendors

BadgerCare Plus Updates

2008
  • Changes to Coverage of Disposable Medical Supplies Under the BadgerCare Plus Benchmark Plan, May 1, 2008 — 2008-35 or PDF (152 KB)
  • Clarification of Coverage and Copayments for Hearing Services and Hearing Instruments, Including Cochlear Implants and Bone-Anchored Hearing Devices, Under the BadgerCare Plus Benchmark Plan, May 1, 2008 — 2008-34 or PDF (163 KB)
  • Procedure Code Updates for Durable Medical Equipment, 2/1/08 — 2008-10 or PDF (107 KB)
  • Procedure Code Updates for Disposable Medical Supplies, 2/1/08 — 2008-09 or PDF (113 KB)
2007
  • Durable Medical Equipment Under BadgerCare Plus, 12/1/07 — 2007-103 or PDF (279 KB)
  • Enteral Nutrition Under BadgerCare Plus, 11/1/07 — 2007-93 or PDF (118 KB)
  • Disposable Medical Supplies Under BadgerCare Plus, 11/1/07 — 2007-89 or PDF (145 KB)
  • Prior Authorization Requirements and Procedure Code Changes for Cochlear Implants and Bone-Anchored Hearing Devices, 9/1/07 — 2007-61 or PDF (57 KB)
  • Discontinued Procedure Code for Power-Operated Vehicles (Scooters), 8/1/07 — 2007-56 or PDF (28 KB)
  • Purchase of Chest Wall Oscillation Systems, 2/1/07 — 2007-22 or PDF (30 KB)
  • Medical Necessity and Claims Submission Requirements for Compression Garments, 1/1/07 — 2007-06 or PDF (122 KB)
2006
  • Procedure Code Updates for Disposable Medical Supplies, 12/1/06 — 2006-98 or PDF (28 KB)
  • New 1500 Health Insurance Claim Form and Supplemental Instructions, 12/1/06 — 2006-95 or PDF (201 KB)
  • Revision to Enteral Nutrition Rates and Nursing Home Policy Reminder, 12/1/06 — 2006-93 or PDF (37 KB)
  • Coverage of Enteral Nutrition Products, 6/1/06 — 2006-46 or PDF (32 KB)
  • “A Guide to Obtaining Augmentative Communication Devices and Accessories Through Wisconsin Medicaid” Revised, 4/1/06 — 2006-35 or PDF (110 KB)
  • Changes to Repairs and Rentals of Augmentative Communication Devices, 4/1/06 — 2006-34 or PDF (121 KB)
  • Modifier “CR” Accepted for Catastrophe/Disaster-Related Crossover Claims 3/1/06 — 2006-19 or PDF (107 KB)
2005
  • Adaptive Equipment Covered by Wisconsin Medicaid, 9/1/05 — 2005-49 or PDF (40 KB)
  • Maximum Allowable Fee Changes, Modifier Changes, and Documentation Requirements for Power-Operated Vehicles (Scooters), 8/1/05 — 2005-41 or PDF (124 KB)
  • Wisconsin Medicaid Adopting HCPCS Code Changes for Enteral Nutrition Products and Allowing Enhanced Reimbursement for Selected Products, 6/1/05 — 2005-35 or PDF (320 KB)
  • Introducing the Revised Prior Authorization/Oxygen Attachment and Clarifying Medicaid Coverage of Oxygen Services, 5/1/05 — 2005-26 or PDF (123 KB)
  • Wisconsin Medicaid Coverage of Cochlear and Bone-Anchored Hearing Devices, 3/1/05 — 2005-20 or PDF (208 KB)
  • Wisconsin Medicaid Coverage of Vagus Nerve Stimulators, 3/1/05 —  2005-19 or PDF (162 KB)
  • Additional Option for Submitting Prior Authorization Requests Via the Web, 1/1/05 — 2005-09 or PDF (128 KB)
2004
  • Revised List of Noncovered Durable Medical Equipment and Services, 9/1/04 — 2004-75 or PDF (133 KB)
  • Revision to Prior Authorization/ Enteral Nutrition Product Attachment Completion Instructions, 7/1/04 — 2004-56 or PDF (227 KB)
  • Wisconsin Medicaid Allows Modifier with Procedure Codes for Durable Medical Equipment Repair, 5/1/04 — 2004-41 or PDF (130 KB)
  • Modifier Required for Back-up/Secondary Durable Medical Equipment, 5/1/04 — 2004-36 or PDF (257 KB)
  • Procedure code updates for disposable medical supplies, 2/1/04 — 2004-04 or PDF (191 KB)
2003
  • Oxygen-related services coverage revised, 12/23/03 — 2003-166 or PDF (70 KB)
  • Limitations to payments for rented durable medical equipment, 12/23/03 — 2003-165 or PDF (45 KB)
  • Changes to STAT-PA for orthopedic shoes as a result of HIPAA, 8/1/03 — 2003-102 or PDF (135 KB)
  • Changes to paper claims and prior authorization for enteral nutrition products as a result of HIPAA, 8/1/03 — 2003-99 (PDF, 394 KB)
  • Changes to local codes, paper claims, and prior authorization for durable medical equipment as a result of HIPAA, 7/1/03 — 2003-52 (PDF, 509 KB)
  • Wisconsin Medicaid revises policies for oxygen-related services, 6/1/03  — 2003-43 or PDF (113 KB)
2002
  • Revised policy requirements and procedure codes for breast pumps, 9/1/02 — 2002-55 or PDF (183 KB)
  • Prior authorization of durable medical equipment and Medicaid managed care programs, 5/1/02 — 2002-20 or PDF (177 KB)
2001
  • Prior authorization for certain orthopedic shoes is available through the STAT-PA system, 3/1/01 — 2001-06 or PDF (258 KB)
1999
  • Correction to Wisconsin Medicaid's definition of Type II diabetes for purposes of Medicaid coverage, 2/1/99 — 99-05 (PDF, 53 KB)
1998
  • Wisconsin Medicaid adopts Medicare's diabetic equipment and supplies policy, 12/1/98 — 98-33 (PDF, 96 KB)
  • DME  prior authorization, coding, and repairs, 7/1/98 — 98-21 (PDF, 155 KB)
  • Durable medical equipment: changes to prior authorization guidelines, 2/2/98 — 98-06 (PDF, 66 KB)
1996
  • Certain orthopedic and mismate shoes: changes to prior authorization guidelines, 5/8/96 — 96-13 (PDF, 83 KB)
  • Standers: changes to prior authorization guidelines, life expectancy, and maximum allowable fee, 2/16/96 — 96-01 (PDF, 71 KB)
1995
  • Home health equipment: changes to prior authorization guidelines, 5/17/95 — 95-13 (PDF, 121 KB)
  • Hospital beds-changes to prior authorization guidelines, 4/10/95 — 95-11 (PDF, 93 KB)
  • Respiratory care equipment: changes to policy and prior authorization, 2/1/95 — 95-3 (PDF, 226 KB)


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