Provider E-News
Monthly newsletter with information about clinical practice and business updates. Newsletters are in print-friendly PDF format.
- 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
- Faxes no longer accepted for non-authorization reconsideration
- Coming in December: Introduction to the new Kaiser Permanente Attestation Portal
- Medicare Stars Tip Sheet: Statin use in patients with diabetes (SUPD)
- Researchers begin trial for high-dose flu vaccine
- Affiliate Link forced logout issue
- DME alignment with CMS Final Rule
- Take our annual practitioner satisfaction survey
- Labeling your expedited/urgent appeal requests
- Type 2 diabetes guideline update
- Changes to medical necessity review criteria: Treatments for Sleep Studies
- Referral change for external audiology services
- Advising your Kaiser Permanente members where to get their vaccines
- Annual Practitioner Satisfaction Survey coming October 1
- Wellness recommendations by age
- Prior authorization requirement update
- Durable Medical Equipment providers - credentialing update
- HBV screening recommendations
- Upcoming physician talk (in Chinese): How to nourish your body and gut
- News from Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
- Procedural update for reconsideration requests for claims denied due to lack of pre-authorization
- Pharmacy location changes
- Tobacco & nicotine cessation guideline updated
- Provider notices
- Patient FMLA and Washington PFML requests
- Processing times for reconsideration requests
- Depression guidelines reviewed and updated
- Provider notices
- Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month
- 2024 Provider Manual available online
- Clinical updates
- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute News
- How to refer to a Kaiser Permanente specialist
- SHARP program showing positive early results
- Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes guidelines updates
- Provider Resources
- 60-day notice change
- Specialty and High-Cost Medication Advanced Review Partnership (SHARP)
- Updates to Opioid Use Disorder Guideline
- EFT deposit and check mail dates
- Prior authorization pilot update
- Billing news
- Clinical updates
- Provider notices
- Kaiser Permanente is piloting the removal of prior authorization requirements for some in-network specialty office visits
- Free specialty consultation for network primary care providers
- EFT deposit & check mailing dates
- CME calendar
- Prior authorization reduction news
- New tool for evaluating emergency department professional claims
- Electronic claims submissions
- Updates to our payment policies page
- Clinical updates
- Know where to send your members for vaccines this season
- No action required: 60-Day notice CoreSelect network discontinuation notice
- Provider notices
- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute news
- Provider demographic updates
- CME and workshop opportunities
- Claims address change for select self-funded plans
- MAC prior authorization requirements to be removed
- Better Choice, Better Health program discontinued
- Clinical news
- EFT deposit & check mailing dates
- CME calendar
- Credentialing online applications required
- Clinical Review fax number
- Claims address change for select self-funded plans
- Durable Medical Equipment orders to be placed with Apria
- Provider notices
- CME calendar
- Affiliate Link in-basket view change
- Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Geisinger Health launch Risant Health
- Provider notices
- Mental health awareness month
- CME calendar
- The top-ranked medical group in Washington state
- Emergency medical services for Kaiser Permanente members
- Changes to medical necessity review criteria for Total Hip Arthroplasty
- Updates to fax numbers
- CME calendar
- Interpretive services for our members
- Authorization code range updates
- Chemo denervation update
- Reminder regarding high-end imaging authorization requests
- Viewing contracts in Eligibility & Inquiry tool on Affiliate Link
- HEDIS® Medical Record Review Season: February – May 2023
- Updated visiting member process
- Kaiser Permanente’s first-fill plan expansion in place
- New fax number for DME
- Clinical updates
- Continuing education opportunities