BHS EHR Claiming


​Medi-Cal Claiming Status – Timely claiming is processing claims after the 20th of the following month of service.

SUPT- completed claiming for July 2025 services. Will begin working on claiming for August 2025 services for services ready to be claimed.

  • Claiming was paused from 9/25/25 to 10/10/25 for due to a modifier update DHCS made that was made retroactively effective. CalMHSA worked on updating SmartCare to be in alignment with this change.

MH- completed claiming for June 2025 services. Will begin working on claiming for August 2025 services for services ready to be claimed.

  • Claiming was paused from 9/25/25 to 10/10/25 for due to a modifier update DHCS made that was made retroactively effective. CalMHSA worked on updating SmartCare to be in alignment with this change.

​Previous Claiming Pause Archive

​Continued guidance for DRCs. This table contains the deadlines are for Late Original Claims. DRC Request due dates are listed below, for claims with specific dates of service (DOS). Please note that all necessary documents must be completed and submitted by the dealine of each of the following days.  


DRC Submission Deadlines
Service Dates​ on Claims FiledDRC Requess due to MEDCCC
9/1/2023 - 9/30/20236/30/2025
10/1/2023 - 10/31/20237/31/2025
11/1/2023 - 11/30/20238/29/2025
12/1/2023 - 12/31/20239/30/2025
1/1/2024 - 1/31/202410/31/2025
2/1/2024 - 2/9/2024
11/28/2025
3/1/2024 - 3/31/202412/31/2025
4/1/2024 - 4/30/20241/30/2026
5/1/2024 - 5/31/20242/27/2026
6/1/2024 - 6/30/20243/31/2026


If you have questions specific to claiming or fiscal matters, including the addition​ of new OHC guarantors send them to:​​​ BHS-EHRBilling​@SacCounty.gov​​​

Cal AIM References and Manuals Effective July 1​​ 

  • ​​Billing manuals
  • Denial codes (Claims Adjustment Reason Codes [CARC] and Remittance Advice Remark Codes [RARC])
  • Medi-Cal Aid​ Codes

Claims Correction Spreadsheet ​​(MH and SUPT)​

Program Staff Services Export Tip Sheet

Client Merge Request Form​​​


Medi-Cal

Medi-Cal Transaction Types​​​

Modifier List​​​​​​


Enhanced Care Management (ECM)

ECM Code List

ECM Transaction Types​





 
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