HRSA COVID Claims Payer Mapping
As part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act , the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will provide claims reimbursement to health care providers generally at Medicare rates for testing uninsured individuals for COVID-19 and treating uninsured individuals with a COVID-19 diagnosis.
The Tennessee Department of Health emailed a letter on September 17, 2020, with instructions on payer mapping and payer ID/health plan ID for these types of claims. The letter can be found here. Please report the data to THA/HIDINet using the following payer code and payer ID/health plan ID for the uninsured patients
Field Description/Field #: Payer Name Code – Primary / # 165
Position: 1440-1443
Payer Code: Z
Field Description/Field #: Payer ID/Health Plan ID – Primary / # 168
Position: 1452-1466
Payer ID/Health Plan ID: 95964