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Join us in driving real change for adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)! Simply complete an anonymous survey sponsored by the National Council on Disability by April 30 and be entered into a $500 Lottery for your participation. To learn more about this national effort, please click here.

MCNA has adopted new Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs). Our approved CPGs can be downloaded from MCNA's website.

To assist in addressing the COVID-19 impact on Idaho Medicaid providers, and in an effort to distribute the remaining funds as allowed by the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, the Idaho Medicaid Provider Stabilization Funding Opportunity is opening applications to continue to support Idaho Medicaid health care providers through the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Update: October 5, 2021

Funding has been exhausted as of October 5, 2021. Medicaid is no longer accepting applications for this funding.

Please read Medicaid Information Release MA21-20 to learn more.

A simplified application process and qualifications are now available for Idaho Medicaid providers to apply for funding distributions from the Idaho Medicaid Provider Stabilization Funding Opportunity. The deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m. (MT) on June 18, 2021. Please click here to read an information release from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.

A new version of the Idaho Smiles Provider Manual is now available. Updates are effective January 1, 2021, and include 2021 CDT code and language changes. Please click here for an overview of the changes included in this version. Please download a copy of the Provider Manual directly at http://manuals.mcna.net/idaho.

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) has updated their contact information for members to utilize to request assistance finding a dental provider. Please click here to view and print this updated information.

Effective immediately, MCNA has a new mailing address for the submission of paper claims. Please click here for the new mailing address and more information about claims submission options with MCNA.

Providers who are enrolled with Idaho Medicaid and meet the required qualifications may apply for access to a portion of the federal funds Idaho received to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications will be accepted now through December 18, 2020. Please click here to learn how and where to apply.

An on-demand, virtual presentation of MCNA's Provider Orientation presentation is now available for your office. We are offering this as a resource to new providers and to current provider offices for use in ongoing staff training. Click here to access our Provider Orientation today.

Eligible dentists participating in Medicaid and CHIP have until August 28, 2020, to apply for funding from the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund. The requirements for eligibility have been updated. Please click here to read the HHS announcement.