Provider Update
This quarterly newsletter reports on business and clinical news, including a summary of clinical updates, continuing education opportunities, and drug formulary updates. Newsletters are available online for one year.
Highlights include:
- Health care execs pick Kaiser Permanente in annual survey
- EFT deposit and check mail dates
- HEDIS® medical record review season: February-May 2019
- Submit evidence of screenings to our Fax Back program
- Self-management workshops available for members
- Check the Provider Manual regularly for updates
- Depression updates include new standalone perinatal guideline
- Guidelines updated to improve patient safety
- Kaiser Permanente drug formularies
Highlights include:
- Five new Kaiser Permanente Washington medical centers coming soon to the Puget Sound area
- Spokane Columbia Medical Associates integration continues
- Did a Kaiser Permanente member select you as their new primary care provider?
- Tacoma Ambulatory Surgical Center #1 in all Kaiser Permanente regions
- Questions about the scope of a referral authorization
- Self-management workshops available for members
- Ensure uninterrupted opioid prescriptions as new Medicare requirement takes effect
- Kaiser Permanente drug formularies
Highlights include:
- Prior authorization required to ensure safe use of chronic opioids
- Claims PO Box updated to new address
- Expedited appeal requests reminders
- Provider directory search improvements on the way
- Five new clinics coming soon
- Genetic testing and Kaiser Permanente's preferred relationship with Invitae
- KP Washington's Enterprise Home Infustion Therapy service line
- Weight management guideline updated
Highlights include:
- Kaiser Permanente's Diabetes Prevention Program launched
- New process for collecting appointment access information
- Meet one of our 2018 Special Olympics USA Games medical leaders
- Provider reconsideration requests procedure
- New headache guideline
- Clinical trial of H7N9 bird flu vaccine starts
Highlights include:
- Medical volunteers still needed for the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games!
- Meet Kaiser Permanente’s new Vice President of Provider Network Strategy
- Collection of cost-sharing from dual eligible beneficiaries is prohibited
- Free suicide prevention training for health care professionals
- Member ID cards are going digital