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Connecticut Medicaid (HUSKY Health)Medicaid · Reimbursement · Reimbursement · CT · Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine +1 moreMedium impact

Clarification on Updates to Fee Schedules and Rate Increases for Select Behavioral Health Services

Act
immediately
Effective date
Apr 15, 2026
Identified
Jun 20, 2026

Summary

Connecticut Medicaid corrected an overpayment error for behavioral health add-on codes (90833, 90836, 90838) when billed with evaluation codes, taking back excess payments on April 15, 2026 remittances. Claims are now paying correct combo rates per the original 2012 guidelines.

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What to do

immediately · 3 steps
01Review April 15, 2026 Remittance Advice for recoupments (ICN starting with 52).
02Billing team should verify current rates for codes 90833, 90836, 90838 combo billing on Connecticut fee schedules at ctdssmap.com.
03Update billing system to ensure correct combo rates are applied when these behavioral health add-on codes are billed with E&M codes to prevent future overpayments.

Codes mentioned

90833908369083899202992039920499205992119921299213992149921599301993029930399304993059930699307993089930999310

Original notice

Clarification on Updates to Fee Schedules and Rate Increases for Select Behavioral Health Services
ctdssmap.com · Always check the source before changing claims.
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