Job & Family Services Ohio Medicaid

News for ODJFS Trading Partners

Last updated: March 9, 2009

Medicaid Schools Program (MSP)
This program is a collaboration between the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS).  More information about the MSP program is available on the ODE Web site

The ODJFS Companion Guides have been updated to include the MSP requirements.  The Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) rule 5101:3-35 can be found here:  http://codes.ohio.gov/oac/5101%3A3-35

NPI
Please click here for more information or visit Ohio Medicaid's NPI Information site.

Other News

Response Transactions
Do you know how to take advantage of all the information that ODJFS sends to you automatically? The trace file, the U277 and the 824 all contain valuable information that lets you track the progress of your claim files. Be sure to check your download folder for these files regularly after uploading your claims. If you have any questions about the information contained in these files, please contact the EDI Support Unit or see the ODJFS Companion Guides on the Trading Partner website.

Announcement to Nursing Facilities (NF) or those who bill NF claims:
This message concerns submitting nursing facility room and board claims with non-covered days reported on the claim. The claim-level CLM02 charge amount is a total of the line-level SV203 covered days amounts. For non-covered days, a zero is reported in the SV203 and the non-covered charges are reported in the SV207.