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Alaska Medicaid Billing Guidance: Home Health Care Services, Same Day, Multiple Visits
Alaska Medicaid·AK · Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy·Billing & Coding
Effective date
Jun 20, 2023
We identified it
Jun 21, 2026
Summary
Alaska Medicaid now requires that same-day home health visits by different staff members must be billed on separate claim lines, with one visit per claim line instead of combining multiple visits.
Action Required
Immediately: Billing team must update Alaska Medicaid home health claims to bill each same-day visit by different staff members on separate claim lines (one visit/one unit per line). Update billing software rules and train staff on proper claim line separation for multiple daily visits.