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ALERTs

Coverage Update
Jul 28, 2026  -  Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2026, the Alabama Medicaid Agency (Medicaid) added coverage for the following procedure codes. The following guidelines will apply: • Services are covered for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries ages 0 to 20 years. • Prior authorization is not required for these procedure codes.
Planned Alabama Medicaid System Maintenance - July 24–26, 2026
Jul 24, 2026  -  The Alabama Medicaid Agency (Medicaid) will be conducting planned system maintenance beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July 24, 2026, through Sunday, July 26, 2026, to update key IT systems and infrastructure.
ACA Safe Harbor Outage – Scheduled Maintenance
Jul 1, 2026  -  Please be advised that, due to scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, users will be unable to process real-time or batch 270/271 and 276/277 transactions through ACA Safe Harbor.
Alabama Medicaid 2026 Off-Cycle Revalidation
Jun 30, 2026  -  In response to a request from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Alabama Medicaid Agency (Medicaid) will conduct two types of off-cycle revalidations:

Recent ALERTs


DateTitle
Jul 28, 2026 Coverage Update
Jul 24, 2026 Planned Alabama Medicaid System Maintenance - July 24–26, 2026
Jul 1, 2026 ACA Safe Harbor Outage – Scheduled Maintenance
Jun 30, 2026 Alabama Medicaid 2026 Off-Cycle Revalidation
Jun 22, 2026 Preferred Drug List (PDL) and Pharmacy Quarterly Update
Jun 18, 2026 Follow-Up to June 15, 2026 ALERT - Applied Behavioral Analysis Therapy Diagnostic Requirements
Jun 18, 2026 Provider Secure Web Portal Outage – Scheduled Maintenance
Jun 15, 2026 Reminder of Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition Attestation Deadline
Jun 15, 2026 Applied Behavioral Analysis Therapy Diagnostic Requirements
Jun 5, 2026 Prior Authorization Requirements for 2026 Radiology CPT Codes
Jun 5, 2026 Alabama Medicaid 2026 Off-Cycle Revalidation
May 21, 2026 Provider Secure Web Portal Outage – Scheduled Maintenance Cancelled
May 19, 2026 Provider Secure Web Portal Outage – Scheduled Maintenance
May 18, 2026 Applied Behavior Analysis Providers
May 7, 2026 Elimination of the Out of State Hospital Update Form

Provider ALERTs prior to April 24, 2026, have been archived and are available in Archived ALERTs.