Today we bring you News and Updates from NCTracks:

Federal Provider Enrollment Application Fee Increase for Year 2025

A Message from NCTracks on Behalf of NC Medicaid

The federal fee for Medicaid enrollment has increased to $730 for calendar year 2025.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Federal Register 89 FR 95215 (see Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Programs; Provider Enrollment Application Fee Amount for Calendar Year 2025) finalized provisions related to the imposition of application fees as part of the Medicaid provider enrollment process for institutional providers and suppliers. The fee will vary from year to year pursuant to the consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U). 

The federal fee for Medicaid enrollment will increase from $709 to $730 for calendar year 2025, and effective Jan 1, 2025, will be required as noted on the Provider Permission Matrix for:

• Initial enrollment;
• Re-enrollment;
• Adding a new owner or a new site location; and
• Re-verification.

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In accordance with the North Carolina Identity Management (NCID) Citizen Identity Project, NCTracks is changing the User Login process and implementing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) updates. Please complete the following steps to update your NCID profile by Sept. 6, 2024, in advance of the MFA updates:

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As part of NCDHHS and the Governor's continued work to expand access to reproductive health services, NC Medicaid now covers over-the-counter contraception in pharmacies across the state.  Starting Thursday, August 1, 2024, the oral contraceptive Opill is available through local and retail pharmacies without a prescription, at no cost for NC Medicaid beneficiaries.  Opill is the first over-the-counter oral contraception that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The administrative complexities of providing care to your patients now covered under Tailored Plans can be frustrating. NC Medicaid hopes to ease provider administrative burden in the transition period, and ensure that beneficiaries receive uninterrupted care.