Key Updates
CommercialMedicare AdvantageMarch 1, 2025
Reminder: provider data attestation
Recent Updates
CommercialMay 22, 2025
Action required: annual patient safety attestationMedicare AdvantageMay 22, 2025
New specialty pharmacy medical step therapy requirementsEffective July 1, 2025
Pavblu, Ahzantive, Enzeevu, Opuviz, and Yesafili
CommercialMay 2, 2025
SHBP Precertification Procedure Codes SheetCommercialMay 1, 2025
Free CE training: Lifestyle Medicine & Food as Medicine Essentials CourseCommercialMay 1, 2025
Streamline your prior authorizations with our digital toolsCommercialMay 1, 2025
Unlock the power of electronic claims with Availity EssentialsMedicare AdvantageMay 1, 2025
Additional drug codes added to medical claims edit systemCommercialMay 1, 2025
Medical Policy Updates for GeorgiaCommercialMay 1, 2025
Clinical Criteria updates for specialty pharmacy are availableCommercialMedicare AdvantageApril 30, 2025
Updates to Carelon Medical Benefits Management, Inc. Clinical Appropriateness GuidelinesEffective August 1, 2025
Medicare AdvantageApril 24, 2025
Medical Policies and Clinical Utilization Management Guidelines updateEffective May 25, 2025
Medicare AdvantageApril 18, 2025
New specialty pharmacy medical step therapy requirementEffective June 1, 2025
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Medicare AdvantageApril 18, 2025
Specialty pharmacy preapproval list updateEffective August 1, 2025
Jubbonti; Wyost
Medicare AdvantageApril 11, 2025
Submit preapproval requests for post‑acute care services for Medicare group retiree members to Carelon Post Acute SolutionsCommercialMedicare AdvantageApril 1, 2025
Register for our next webinar: Enhancing Diabetes Management — Focus on Standardized MetricsCommercialApril 1, 2025
Clarification to reimbursement policy: Incident to Services and Billing — ProfessionalCommercialApril 1, 2025
Anthem precertification list change notification April 1, 2025CommercialMarch 28, 2025
Streamline your workflow: Submit BH authorizations through Availity EssentialsCommercialMarch 27, 2025
Specialty pharmacy updates — April 2025Medicare AdvantageMarch 27, 2025
Outpatient preapproval update from Carelon Medical Benefits Management, Inc.Medicare AdvantageMarch 19, 2025
Medicare Part B preapproval expands with new drug additionsCommercialMedicare AdvantageMarch 19, 2025
Technical difficulties: My Diverse PatientsMedicare AdvantageMarch 11, 2025
Medical Policies and Clinical Utilization Management Guidelines updateEffective April 12, 2025
CommercialMarch 1, 2025
Georgia Medical Policy and Clinical Guidelines updates — June 1, 2025CommercialMarch 1, 2025
Changes in Postal Service Health Benefits for 2025CommercialMarch 1, 2025
New coding guidelines: include the anatomic modifierCommercialMarch 1, 2025
Precertification list change notification March 1, 2025CommercialMarch 1, 2025
Update: Drug claims edits to focus on FDA‑approved indicationsCommercialMarch 1, 2025
Certain modifiers for outpatient claims will receive prepayment coding reviewCommercialMedicare AdvantageMarch 1, 2025
Reminder: provider data attestationCommercialMarch 1, 2025
Clinical Criteria updates for specialty pharmacy are availableMedicare AdvantageFebruary 28, 2025
Important change to your patients’ specialty prescriptionsEffective April 1, 2025
CommercialMedicare AdvantageFebruary 28, 2025
Resources to support diverse patients and communitiesCommercialMedicare AdvantageFebruary 28, 2025
Update: Availity launches enhanced provider enrollment features for improved efficiencyCommercialFebruary 11, 2025
Developmental screening in the first three years of lifeCommercialFebruary 4, 2025
Expansion of Carelon Medical Benefits Management, Inc. programsCommercialFebruary 1, 2025
Designated specialty pharmacy network updatesCommercialFebruary 1, 2025
Medical records needed for accurate payment of certain facility inpatient claimsCommercialFebruary 1, 2025
Ensuring accurate and timely claims processing: essential tips for gatekeeper plansCommercialMedicare AdvantageFebruary 1, 2025
2025 Clinical Quality in Practice webinar seriesCommercialFebruary 1, 2025
Pharmacy information available on our provider websiteCommercialMedicare AdvantageFebruary 1, 2025
New Communication Center added to Availity Essentials