Please read the following from the HCA:
The Health Care Authority (HCA) has heard your concerns and is re-evaluating the decision to change the payment methodology for orthodontic treatment provided to Apple Health clients beginning July 1, 2019. Please disregard the
Provider Alert sent on June 14, 2019. HCA will not be implementing this change and will not be publishing a revised Orthodontic Services Billing Guide, effective July 1, 2019.
Dental providers should continue billing for orthodontic services as they currently are, using the billing instructions found in the current Orthodontic Services Billing Guide, dated April 1, 2019, found on
HCA’s Billers and Providers webpage, under billing guides and fee schedules.
HCA encourages dental providers and billers to sign up to receive early notices of Apple Health rulemaking pertaining to orthodontic services. Sign up for rulemaking notices through
HCA’s Rulemaking webpage.