ACA Safe Harbor Outage – Scheduled Maintenance
Jul 1, 2026 - Please be advised that, due to scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, users will be unable to process real-time or batch 270/271 and 276/277 transactions through ACA Safe Harbor.
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Alabama Medicaid 2026 Off-Cycle Revalidation
Jun 30, 2026 - In response to a request from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Alabama Medicaid Agency (Medicaid) will conduct two types of off-cycle revalidations:
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Preferred Drug List (PDL) and Pharmacy Quarterly Update
Jun 22, 2026 - Effective July 1, 2026, the Alabama Medicaid Agency (Medicaid) will:
1. Remove the Dispense as Written (DAW) Code of 9 from Elidel.
2. Discontinue posting the following documents to the Medicaid website:
a. Alabama Medicaid Agency Alphabetical Preferred Drug List
b. Alabama Medicaid Agency Preferred Drug List By Therapeutic Category
3. Continue to update the Alabama Medicaid PDL Reference Tool, which now includes Therapeutic Category, on a quarterly basis (January, April, July and October) of each year.
4. Update Prior Authorization (PA) Form 373 and its instruction document on the Medicaid website.
5. Update the PDL to reflect the quarterly updates listed.
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Follow-Up to June 15, 2026 ALERT - Applied Behavioral Analysis Therapy Diagnostic Requirements
Jun 18, 2026 - The Alabama Medicaid Agency (Medicaid) is issuing this ALERT as a follow-up to the June 15, 2026, ALERT titled “Applied Behavioral Analysis Therapy Diagnostic Requirements.”
Medicaid is pausing implementation related to the July 1, 2026, deadline discussed in the ALERT.
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