Are you struggling with Prior Authorizations (PAs) for your patient’s medications? The MO HealthNet Division (MHD) Pharmacy Program wants to make the PA process simple and quick for providers and patients.
The MHD Pharmacy Program has created an educational tutorial to guide your office staff through the process of completing a PA. This resource includes the following:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in partnership with the States, is measuring improper payments in the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs under their Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) process
The MO HealthNet Division, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Senior Services, Department of Mental Health, and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is excited to launch the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies initiative. The mission of Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies is to achieve better health outcomes by connecting women to quality healthcare and supportive resources that will provide healthy, successful pregnancy and post-partum experiences for both mom and baby.
MO HealthNet Division’s (MHD) website will have a new look in 2024. The new site was designed to be more user-friendly by updating the layout, design, content, and functionality. We are excited to add new program pages so all of your program-specific information will be in one place!
Although the home page for the website will remain the same, for specific MO HealthNet webpages you have bookmarked, those links may need to be updated after the new site goes live.
The Department of Health and Senior Services is pleased to announce the addition of new services available beginning January 1, 2024, to help Missourians quit using tobacco products (cigarettes, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, etc.). Free and confidential telephone and web-based tobacco cessation services continue to be available to Missourians ages 13 and older 24/7, 365 days per year.
Effective January 11, 2024, in response to various changes in the current marketplace, MO HealthNet will make the following changes to the Preferred Drug Listing for Insulin Agents. For further information, please reference the Pharmacy Clinical Edits and Preferred Drug Lists webpage at Missouri Pharmacy Clinical Edits and Preferred Drug Lists | Missouri Department of
The MO HealthNet Division's Radiology Benefits Manager, HealthHelp, will conduct their semi-annual Provider Satisfaction Survey beginning November 28, 2023. The survey is for providers and facilities utilizing HealthHelp services.
Your feedback is vital for improving HealthHelp's processes. HealthHelp provides easy ways for providers to obtain authorizations through their online web application, fax, call center, and IVR automated touch phone system. HealthHelp would like your input on any of the methods you have used to contact them.
The MO HealthNet Division (MHD) would like to thank the providers who joined us on November 13, 2023, for the Optimizing Missouri’s Managed Care Plan Benefits for Maternal and Infant Health meeting. MHD would like to provide the valuable information that was shared at this meeting with all providers.
November 16, 2023 – You don’t have to stop smoking in one day…Start with day one!
