Provider E-News
Monthly newsletter with information about clinical practice and business updates. Newsletters are in print-friendly PDF format.
- Update: First call guide for ambulance partnerships for Kaiser Permanente
- Threshold decrease for claims pre-payment and medical necessity review for inpatient and outpatient claims
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- Timely filing of claims involving a coordination of benefits
- HEDIS® medical record review season: February - May 2021
- Reminder - we can't accept CDs for reconsideration and appeals
- 1099 form requests
- Online referral request tools you can use today
- Retail flu vaccine options extended to March 31, 2021
- Routine hepatitis C screening now recommended for all adults - not just baby boomers
- Non-invasive prenatal fetal testing - temporary change extended to March 15, 2021
- Medical necessity review guidelines for substance use disorder treatment
- Elimination of CPT code 99201
- Threshold decrease for claims pre-payment and medical necessity review for inpatient and outpatient claims
- HEDIS® medical record review season: February - May 2021
- Terminology for our online resources
- Affiliate Link reminders and updates
- Retail flu vaccine options extended to March 31, 2021
- Mandatory telemedicine training for all licensed, registered, or certified health care professionals.
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- New guideline provides treatment options for patients with opioid use disorder
- CDC drops azithromycin from gonorrhea treatment recommendations
- COVID-19 household prevention program resources available
- Important changes effective 1/1/2021 to our Women's Health payment policy
- Kaiser Permanente offering $0 copay for primary care visits for Medicare Advantage members through December 2020
- We need your help to transfer your patients' refills to Kaiser Permanente mail order
- Acupuncture Medicare benefit for chronic low back pain
- Generic albuterol HFA (Proventil) is Kaiser Permanente's preferred short-acting beta agonist
- 30-day supply limit added for opioids, benzodiazepines, and non-benzodiazepine receptor agaonists (Z-drugs) for KP Commercial Plans
- Upcoming changes
- Kaiser Permanente offers $0 copay for primary care office visits for Medicare Advantage members through December 2020
- Women's health care performed by non-network providers requires prior authorization
- Flu campaign toolkit
- New ways to deliver flu shots to our members
- Updated guidelines
- More authorizations upgrades going live on August 17
- Kaiser Permanente walk-in pharmacy opening in Bellingham on August 20, 2020
- Expedited appeals
- New ambulance partnerships for Kaiser Permanente
- Kaiser Permanente will not reopen CareClinic by Kaiser Permanente at Bartell Drugs locations
- Upcoming changes
- New pre-authorization code check tool added to provider site
- More provider site upgrades coming in August
- COVID-19 vaccine well tolerated, generates immune response
- Non-invasive prenatal fetal testing - temporary change extended to September 15, 2020
- Kaiser Permanente partners with Magellan Healthcare to support mental health access
- Upcoming changes
- Understanding hierarchical condition categories & accurate coding
- New referrals and authorization improvement launch date
- Upcoming changes
- CME opportunities
- COVID-19 provider resources page
- Medicare telehealth services
- Quality program patient outreach moratorium
- New referrals and authorization improvement launch date
- Credentialing applications process update
- Non-invasive prenatal fetal testing
- Smokey Point Medical Center is open for business!
- Flu vaccines