Provider E-News
Monthly newsletter with information about clinical practice and business updates. Newsletters are in print-friendly PDF format.
- SNF Quality Reporting
- Action required for some Medicare Advantage members
- Send appeals to us as soon as possible
- Introducing nutrition e-visits
- Safe Dispensing of Opioid + CNS Depressant Medications
- Medical necessity review criteria change for mental health and eating disorder services
- Attestation Updates
- Action required for some Medicare Advantage members
- Take our practitioner satisfaction survey this month
- Outside records viewable in Affiliate Link
- Claims Supporting Documentation form update
- Improve your credentialing processing times
- Attestation training video available
- COVID-19 vaccines covered in full for all plans
- Use SAM to submit inquiries to Provider Services
- Remote programs are effective to address chronic pain
- Kaiser Permanente Attestation Portal Now Live for Q3
- Use specific authorization code ranges for timely referrals
- Appointment Accessibility Survey coming soon
- Use SAM for the fastest response to your questions
- Reminder regarding Associate Level Mental Health Care reimbursements
- New Smartsheet Auto-Reply Messenger (SAM) Inquiry Tool
- Care Connectors - Wellness Visit innovation for Medicare members
- Mental Health & Wellness provider network support transitioning back to Kaiser Permanente
- Promoting Safer Use of Benzodiazepines
- Enhancing Safety: Prior Authorization Criteria for Zolpidem 10mg
- Upgrade to claims form submission on Kaiser Permanente’s provider site
- Kaiser Permanente Attestation Portal for Contracted Medical Organizations
- Expanded Everett Medical Center opens June 3
- Updated prior authorization criteria for Stelara
- Kaiser Permanente discontinuing PT/OT services at Riverfront Medical Center
- Consider vitamin K2 supplementation for nocturnal leg cramps
- Researchers begin trial of combined COVID-19 and flu vaccine
- Researchers have a proven prescription for reducing suicide rates
- New Federal No Surprises Act requirements regarding balance billing
- Statin therapy for patients with cardiovascular disease
- Study measures risks of screening colonoscopies for older adults
- Provider resources
- New Portal For Optum Post Adjudication Prepay Medical Records Upload
- Changes to medical necessity review criteria for hip arthroscopy
- Reframing how we speak about dying
- Updated provider notices
- Appointment accessibility survey
- HEDIS medical record review season: February - May 2025
- Gestational diabetes guideline updates
- Top research highlights in 2024
- New provider manual format launching in January, 2025
- New KP Plus product offers members flexibility in care options
- Kaiser Permanente Washington Medicare Advantage program updates
- Updated provider notices