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Newsletter Vol. 13, No. 73
New Jersey Medicaid·NJ·Provider Notice
Effective date
Oct 29, 2003
We identified it
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
New Jersey Medicaid is transitioning from legacy Unisys remittance advice (RA) format to HIPAA-compliant 835 RA format for electronic remittance statements. The old Unisys RA format will be discontinued on January 1, 2004, and all electronic RAs will use the new HIPAA 835 format.
Action Required
By January 1, 2004: Billing team must complete the Medicaid HIPAA EDI agreement found in Section 2.7 of the HIPAA Companion Guide at www.njmmis.com and update billing software to accept HIPAA 835 remittance advice format. Contact Unisys Provider Enrollment to confirm readiness for new format. Update error code crosswalks from Unisys codes to HIPAA-approved codes using reference materials at njmmis.com. Failure to update will result in inability to process electronic remittance statements after January 1, 2004.