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An Act to Amend Title 31 of the Delaware Code Relating to Annual Behavioral Health Well Checks.

It became law on Oct 23, 2024.

DE HB 268 · House Bill · 152

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Oct 23, 2024

What it does

House Bill No. 303, with House Amendment No. 2, from the 151st General Assembly created an annual behavioral health well check and required carriers to provide coverage for this service.\r \r In order to ensure providers of behavioral health well checks are fairly compensated, HB 303 required carriers to reimburse through common procedural technology (CPT) codes at the same billing rate. The cited CPT codes (99381-99387, 99391-99397) are used for services akin to a typical annual well visit for a new or established patient. Billing for the annual behavioral health well check under these CPT codes may impact the accuracy of state claims data from the Division of Medicaid and Medical…

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    Oct 23, 2024

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANNUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WELL CHECKS. | 52