DOH Medicaid Updates COVID-19 Special Editions

Articles arranged by subject can be found on the Medicaid Update Main Page.

COVID-19 Coverage and Billing Guidance can be found on the COVID-19 Guidance for Medicaid Providers web page.

Current Guidance

  1. Volume 37 Number 7: June 2021 Special Edition - Comprehensive Telehealth Guidance (Web) or (PDF) (published: 7/2/2021).
  2. Volume 36 Number 8: April 2020 Special Edition - COVID-19 NYS Medicaid Program Launches Online Medicaid Provider Enrollment (published: 4/20/2020) (Web) or (PDF).

Prior Guidance

(included for historic purposes)

  1. Volume 36 Number 9: May 2020 Special Edition - COVID-19 **Comprehensive Telehealth Guidance (published: 5/1/2020, revised: 5/29/2020) - not available, replaced by 2021 Volume 37 Issue Number 7.
    • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Medicaid Telehealth Guidance during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) State of Emergency - (Web) or (PDF) (5/1/2020)
  2. Volume 36 Number 7: March 2020 Special Edition - COVID-19 Coverage and Reimbursement Policy (published: 3/27/2020) (Web) or (PDF) — (Redline PDF).
  3. Number 5: March 2020 Special Edition - COVID-19 **Comprehensive Telehealth Guidance (published: 3/21/2020, Updated 3/23/2020; 3/25/2020; 03/31/2020) - not available, replaced by Issue Number 9.
  4. Number 4: March 2020 Special Edition - COVID-19 **Telephonic Communication Services (published: 3/13/2020, updated 3/25/2020) - not available, replaced by Issue Number 5, then again by Issue Number 9.
  5. Number 3: March 2020 Special Edition - COVID-19 ** Coverage and Reimbursement Policy (published: 3/10/2020, updated 3/25/2020) - not unavailable, replaced by Issue Number 7.

    6. ** The guidance within these issues was replaced by the linked issues.