Provider E-News
Monthly newsletter with information about clinical practice and business updates. Newsletters are in print-friendly PDF format.
- 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
- 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