Nevada Medicaid and Nevada Check Up News (First Quarter 2025 Provider Newsletter) [Read]

Attention Behavioral Health Providers: Monthly Behavioral Health Training Assistance (BHTA) Webinar Scheduled [See Web Announcement 2009]

Attention All Providers: Requirements on When to Use the National Provider Identifier (NPI) of an Ordering, Prescribing or Referring (OPR) Provider on Claims [Announcement 850]

If you are a Medicaid provider whose revalidation application has not been processed by your termination due date, you will be ineligible to provide services to any Nevada Medicaid or Nevada Check Up recipients, including both Fee-for-Service and Managed Care Organization (MCO) enrolled recipients. See Web Announcement 1265

Enrollment Termination Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) [Review]

Notifications

NOTIFICATION: Known Issue with Resubmitting Returned to Provider (RTP) Applications
This issue has been resolved, and the impacted applications have been placed in the appropriate status for review.

Provider Flex is coming soon!
For information and training opportunities on this exciting new enrollment tool, please visit our Provider Flex page

Attention Provider Types 24, 72, 74, and 77:
Please note that the Online Provider Enrollment (OPE) tool will be unavailable to begin any NEW enrollment applications for these provider types from April 14, 2025 – April 21, 2025. Please refer to Web Announcement 3595 for details.

Multi-Factor Authentication Frequently Asked Questions

Known System Issues-Click HERE

Top 10 Claim Denial Reasons and Resolutions/Workarounds for February 2025 Professional Claims. See Web Announcement 3593.

Top Prior Authorization Denial Reasons for the Fourth Quarter of 2024. See Web Announcement 3458.

Attention Providers Using the Authorization Criteria Function: Results that return prior authorization (PA) requirements are accurate. For results that return “There are no records found based on the search criteria,” there may be a PA requirement if limits have been exceeded. To verify PA requirements, please refer to the Medicaid Services Manual (MSM) Chapter for your service type at dhcfp.nv.gov and the Billing Guide for your provider type at www.medicaid.nv.gov.

Scheduled Site Maintenance

During the scheduled site maintenance window the Provider Web Portal will be unavailable. The table below shows the regularly scheduled maintenance window. All times will be in the Pacific time zone.

Monday - Friday
12:00AM - 12:30AM

Monday
8:00PM - 12:00AM

Thank you for your interest in the Nevada Medicaid and Nevada Check Up Program. This page contains all of the information and forms you will need to become a Nevada Medicaid provider. If you have any questions, please contact the Provider Enrollment Unit at (877) 638-3472 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time Monday through Friday.


All providers are required to submit their provider enrollment or re-enrollment applications electronically. Paper applications are not accepted.


If you need to RESUME an application that was started in the Online Provider Enrollment (OPE) tool

CLICK HERE

The following provider types are LIVE in Provider Flex:

24 – Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
72 – Nurse Anesthetist
74 – Nurse Midwife
77 – Physician’s Assistant


CLICK HERE

for Provider Flex Enrollment resources

All other provider types have not yet been implemented in the Provider Flex Enrollment tool.






CLICK HERE

for Online Provider Enrollment (OPE) resources


CHANGE IS COMING!

We are excited to announce Provider Flex, our streamlined, intuitive, integrity-based provider enrollment solution. This exciting new tool will be available to all providers by mid- 2025.


Important Dates
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
Provider Types(PT) 24
72
74
77
20 14
82
All Remaining Provider Types
Blackout Week of April 14 Week of May 5 Week of June 9 Week of June 30
Provider Flex Availability April 22 May 13 June 17 July 8
Training begins Week of April 7

Provider Types

  • 24 - Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
  • 72 - Nurse Anesthetist
  • 74 - Nurse Midwife
  • 77 - Physician's Assistant
  • 20 - Physician M.D., Osteopath, D.O.
  • 14 - Behavioral Health Outpatient Treatment
  • 82 - Behavioral Health Rehabilitative Treatment

Revalidation Report
  • Provider Revalidation Report: The Nevada Medicaid Provider Revalidation Report lists each provider and the date their next revalidation is due. To avoid contract termination, your revalidation application must be processed and approved prior to the revalidation due date. Providers can start their revalidation process up to a year in advance. Revalidations submitted prior to one year in advance will be returned.

Hospital Presumptive Eligibility Documents
  • Web Announcement 3306: Hospital Presumptive Eligibility Annual Training Calendar Dates and Sign-up Guidelines for 2024
  • Web Announcement 1008: Attention ALL Hospital Presumptive Eligibility Providers: Guidance Policy Available
  • Web Announcement 861 with Training Schedule: Implementation of Hospital Presumptive Eligibility Option for Acute Care Hospitals (Provider Types 11 and 75)
  • Nevada Medicaid Hospital Presumptive Eligibility Provider Addendum: Qualified hospitals must complete and submit the Nevada Medicaid Hospital Presumptive Eligibility Provider Addendum.
  • Hospital Presumptive Eligibility Training Sign-Up Sheet: Complete this form listing the hospital employees that will be attending the mandatory training for Presumptive Eligibility. You will be notified by the DWSS in regards to the training dates and times. Keep in mind that each employee making PE determinations MUST be trained by DWSS and complete a competency examination prior to making ANY determinations.

Pregnancy Presumptive Eligibility Documents

Changes to Provider Information

Changes to any information presented on your enrollment documents must be reported to Nevada Medicaid within five business days.


  • To complete changes online, please login to the Secure Web Portal, and choose “Revalidate-Update Provider”.
  • To report a change in business ownership, submit a completed Provider Enrollment Application.

Provider License Updates and Voluntary Terminations Only