BHS EHR Claiming


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

SUPT- working on claiming for June 2025 services.
  • Claiming was paused from 8/4/25 to 8/18/25 due to an issue in SmartCare with the claiming process.
  • Claiming was paused from 7/28/25 to 8/3/25 due to an update in SmartCare that requires practitioners taxonomies to be updated.
MH- working on claiming for June 2025 services.
  • Claiming was paused from 8/4/25 to 8/18/25 due to an issue in SmartCare with the claiming process.
  • ​Claiming was paused from 7/28/25 to 8/3/25 due to an update in SmartCare that requires practitioners taxonomies to be updated.

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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