Billing rules are not the same from state to state, and treating them like they are is how practices lose money. Each state runs its own Medicaid managed care structure, falls under a specific Medicare Administrative Contractor, and enforces its own balance-billing and telehealth rules. We build a separate, researched page for every state we serve instead of one generic page repeated with the state name changed.
Claim Your Free Billing AuditOur home state of New Jersey uses five distinct FamilyCare Medicaid plans, enforces out-of-network laws, and recently ended telehealth parity.
View New Jersey pageNew York has a split Medicaid market, a surprise-billing law with explicit dispute fees, and a local Medicare Administrative Contractor recently changed its name.
View New York pagePennsylvania uses five HealthChoices Medicaid zones, lacks surprise-billing laws, and enforces unique medical-debt collection rules that national vendors overlook.
View Pennsylvania pageConnecticut is one of four states with zero percent Medicaid managed care. HUSKY Health runs fee-for-service through three separate administrative services organizations, not commercial plan rosters.
View Connecticut pageVermont's pioneering all-payer ACO model has ended. OneCare Vermont wound down in late 2025, and providers returned to traditional fee-for-service billing models starting January 1, 2026.
View Vermont pageRhode Island's largest hospital network renamed itself, while the state canceled a $15 billion Medicaid procurement rather than risk a flawed process.
View Rhode Island pageMassHealth currently operates three distinct ACO models simultaneously. A hospital network bankruptcy redrew the provider map, prompting the state's cost regulator to expand its own financial oversight authority.
View Massachusetts pageMaineCare operates on a traditional fee-for-service model. It reimburses hospitals at roughly 72% of Medicare rates, a rate structure the legislature is debating in 2026.
View Maine pageNew premiums and work requirements hit Granite Advantage enrollees this year, while only 7 of the state's 26 hospitals remain unmerged.
View New Hampshire pageAs the nation's largest Medicaid program, Medi-Cal has now expanded dual-eligible plans to 41 counties. California also enforces a surprise-billing law that runs completely independently from federal rules.
View California pageTexas's surprise-billing law applies only to 16% of enrollees on state-regulated plans. Also, the state's Medicare contractor secured a new multi-year Medicare MAC contract.
View Texas pageFlorida overhauled its Medicaid managed care system in 2025, reducing to nine regions and removing a major insurer from the state's highly saturated and competitive Medicare Advantage market.
View Florida pageIllinois recently finalized new $431 billion HealthChoice Medicaid contracts for the first time since 2018. Also, a single commercial insurer controls a massive 61% of the state's private market.
View Illinois pageOhio transitioned its dual-eligible Medicaid population to a new coordinated model, manages behavioral health through a single statewide plan, and uses a state-specific surprise-billing arbitration process that operates completely independently from the federal system.
View Ohio pageMichigan is transitioning its dual-eligible program to a new statewide model. Simultaneously, the state's largest hospital systems merged, while new legislative efforts aim to regulate nonprofit hospital pricing and merger structures.
View Michigan pageGeorgia now operates Pathways to Coverage, a limited, work-structured Medicaid program rather than a full expansion model. It also enforces its own state surprise-billing law alongside Medicare rules shared with two neighboring states.
View Georgia pageNorth Carolina offers both Standard Medicaid plans and specialized Tailored Plans for complex behavioral health needs. One major dominant managed care insurer is merging in 2026, while state lawmakers are actively debating new, strict legislative limits on hospital facility fees and tax exemptions.
View North Carolina pageVirginia routes most Medicaid enrollees through Cardinal Care managed care. The state introduced a new federal provider enrollment portal under the Act, while its own balance-billing law covers a narrower range of services than the federal No Surprises Act, requiring close tracking.
View Virginia pageMedicare claims are processed by region-specific Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) like Noridian, Novitas, Palmetto GBA, NGS, and CGS. Each MAC maintains its own Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) and medical necessity policies. Reimbursing specialized procedures and testing requires aligning documentation and billing with the specific policies of the MAC overseeing your jurisdiction.
Medicaid managed care structures vary significantly between states. Some states run a unified fee-for-service plan, while others delegate coverage to five or more private Managed Care Organizations (MCOs). Navigating distinct credentialing requirements, local drug formularies, sub-capitated codes, and prior authorization rules is essential for protecting practice revenue.
Telehealth billing rules are governed by individual state mandates. Some states enforce strict reimbursement parity laws requiring insurers to pay the same rate for telehealth as in-person visits, while others do not. Additionally, origin-site conditions, valid modifiers (such as 95, GT, or FQ), and eligible provider types are determined by state boards, demanding precise coding.
In addition to the federal No Surprises Act (NSA), many states enforce local balance-billing and out-of-network patient protection laws. Managing billing disclosures, processing independent dispute resolutions (IDR), and negotiating payer disputes requires deep familiarity with local consumer protections and insurance department rules.
We serve practices nationally. This list reflects our publishing order, not a limit on who we work with.