DHS 108.01(9)(9) The secretary or a designee shall determine the appropriate application of this section to circumstances not covered expressly by this section. Use or disclosure not expressly provided for in this section may not occur prior to this determination. DHS 108.02DHS 108.02 Department rights and responsibilities. DHS 108.02(1)(1) Different benefits for different groups. The department may offer MA benefits to the categorically needy which are different from the benefits offered to the medically needy, subject to ss. 49.46 (2) (a) and 49.47 (6) (a), Stats. For the categorically needy, benefits shall meet federal minimum standards of coverage under 42 CFR 435.100-135. The department need not provide the same benefits that the categorically needy receive to individuals who are determined to be medically needy. The department is not required to provide the same amount, duration and scope of services to all the different groups who make up the medically needy population. DHS 108.02(2)(2) Reimbursement methods and payment levels. The department may establish the reimbursement methods and payment levels for program services subject to the requirements of federal and state statutes, regulations and chs. DHS 101 to 107 and this chapter. Notice of specific changes or updates to payment levels shall be communicated to the service providers by the department through periodic publication of provider handbooks. DHS 108.02(3)(3) Advisory committees. The department may appoint and make use of professional advisory committees on an ad hoc basis to provide expertise for development of service or reimbursement policies. DHS 108.02(4)(4) Provider handbooks and bulletins. The department shall publish provider handbooks, bulletins and periodic updates to inform providers of changes in state or federal law, policy, reimbursement rates and formulas, departmental interpretation, and procedural directives such as billing and prior authorization procedures, specific reimbursement changes and items of general information. The department shall inform providers in a handbook, bulletin or other publication of specific services requiring collection of benefits from medicare or other health care plans under s. DHS 106.03 (7) before benefits are claimed from the MA program. Information regarding eligibility for medicare or for another health care plan as identified on the recipient’s MA identification card shall also be included in these publications. DHS 108.02(5)(5) Notification of recipients. The department shall publish periodic notification to eligible recipients, as necessary, to provide general information regarding MA program benefits and procedural requirements, and to notify recipients of any benefit or eligibility changes. DHS 108.02(6)(6) Notice of change in method or level of reimbursement. DHS 108.02(6)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), the department shall publish a public notice in the Wisconsin administrative register of any significant proposed change in the statewide method or level of reimbursement for a service, in compliance with 42 CFR 447.205. This notice shall include information on the procedure for obtaining details of the proposed change, why the change is proposed and how to provide public comment to the department. DHS 108.02(6)(b)(b) Changes for which no public notice is required include the following: DHS 108.02(6)(b)1.1. Changes to conform with medicare methods and federally-invoked upper limits on reimbursement; DHS 108.02(6)(b)3.3. Changes in wholesalers’ or manufacturers’ prices of drugs or materials, if the department’s method of reimbursement is based on direct or wholesale prices as reported in a national standard such as the American druggist blue book, plus a pharmacy dispensing fee. DHS 108.02(6)(c)(c) Notice in the Wisconsin administrative register shall constitute official notice by the department to its contracted health service providers of a contractual change. DHS 108.02(7)(7) Mailings and distributions. The department shall mail or distribute materials to applicants, recipients or medical providers, as follows: DHS 108.02(7)(a)(a) All materials shall be limited to purposes directly related to program administration. DHS 108.02(7)(c)1.1. Information of immediate interest to applicants’ or recipients’ health and welfare; DHS 108.02(7)(c)2.2. Information regarding the deletion or reduction of covered services; and