CommercialMedicare AdvantageMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

August 2024 Provider Newsletter

Featured Articles

Medical Policy & Clinical GuidelinesCommercialAugust 1, 2024

MCG Care Guidelines 28th edition

AdministrativeMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

Provider revalidations


Administrative

AdministrativeMedicare AdvantageAugust 1, 2024

ICD-10-CM Excludes1 notes

AdministrativeCommercialAugust 1, 2024

Device-dependent procedures — facility editing update

AdministrativeCommercialAugust 1, 2024

Incidental services — facility editing update

AdministrativeMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

Access instant health plan information via Availity Essentials

AdministrativeMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

Mutually exclusive places of service

AdministrativeMedicaid Managed CareJanuary 1, 2024

New resources available for ePRAF

AdministrativeMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

ICD-10-CM Excludes1 notes

AdministrativeMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

Behind the scenes, get to know: Kaitlyn Nickel

AdministrativeMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

Reminder to submit claims with complete and accurate

Digital SolutionsMedicare AdvantageJuly 16, 2024

Expansion of Carelon Medical Benefits Management, Inc. programs

Digital SolutionsCommercialJuly 24, 2024

Expansion of Carelon Medical Benefits Management, Inc. programs

Behavioral Health

Behavioral HealthMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

Learn to Live: A Digital Mental Health Benefit for Anthem members!

Education & Training

Education & TrainingCommercialMedicare AdvantageMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

Coming soon: Provider e-Learning Resource Center for Payment Integrity

Education & TrainingCommercialMedicare AdvantageMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

August is National Breastfeeding Month

Education & TrainingMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

Join our Provider Advisory Council

Education & TrainingMedicaid Managed CareJuly 1, 2024

Access instant health plan information via Availity Essentials

WebinarsMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

You are invited: Behavioral Health provider orientation

WebinarsMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

You are invited: Hospice education webinar

WebinarsMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

You are invited: Provider orientation

Policy Updates

Policy UpdatesMedicare AdvantageJuly 10, 2024

Clinical Criteria updates

Effective August 12, 2024

Policy UpdatesMedicaid Managed CareJuly 23, 2024

Clinical Criteria updates

Effective August 22, 2024

Policy UpdatesMedicaid Managed CareJuly 23, 2024

Clinical Criteria updates

Effective August 22, 2024

Medical Policy & Clinical GuidelinesMedicare AdvantageMedicaid Managed CareJuly 11, 2024

Updates to Carelon Medical Benefits Management, Inc. Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines

Medical Policy & Clinical GuidelinesCommercialJune 25, 2024

Notice of Material Amendments to Contract and/or Change to Prior Authorization Requirements

Updates to Carelon Medical Benefits Management Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines

Medical Policy & Clinical GuidelinesCommercialJuly 11, 2024

Notice of Material Amendments to Contract and/or Change to Prior Authorization Requirements

Medical Policies and Clinical Guidelines updates — August 2024

Medical Policy & Clinical GuidelinesMedicare AdvantageJuly 5, 2024

Medical Policies and Clinical Utilization Management Guidelines update

Effective August 8, 2024

Prior AuthorizationCommercialAugust 1, 2024

Notification of authorization fax number changes

Reimbursement PoliciesCommercialAugust 1, 2024

Notice of Material Amendments to Contract and/or Change to Prior Authorization Requirements

New reimbursement policy: Intraoperative Neuromonitoring — Professional

Reimbursement PoliciesMedicare AdvantageAugust 1, 2024

Reimbursement policy update: Modifier 78

Reimbursement PoliciesCommercialAugust 1, 2024

Reimbursement policy update: Modifiers 26 and TC — Professional

Reimbursement PoliciesCommercialAugust 1, 2024

Notice of Material Amendments to Contract and/or Change to Prior Authorization Requirements

Reimbursement policy update: Professional Anesthesia Service

Reimbursement PoliciesCommercialAugust 1, 2024

Notice of Material Amendments to Contract and/or Change to Prior Authorization Requirements

Reimbursement policy update: Bundled Services and Supplies — Facility

Reimbursement PoliciesCommercialAugust 1, 2024

Notice of Material Amendments to Contract and/or Change to Prior Authorization Requirements

Reimbursement policy update: Outpatient Facility Revenue Code Billing Requirements — Facility

Reimbursement PoliciesMedicare AdvantageAugust 1, 2024

Reimbursement policy update: Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Services

Reimbursement PoliciesMedicaid Managed CareAugust 1, 2024

Reimbursement policy update: Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Services

Products & Programs

PharmacyCommercialJuly 25, 2024

Notice of Material Amendments to Contract and/or Change to Prior Authorization Requirements

Specialty pharmacy updates — February 2024

Note: This article corrects the Clinical Criteria for Spravato (esketamine), which was incorrectly listed in a February 2024 article.

PharmacyCommercialAugust 1, 2024

Notice of Material Amendments to Contract and/or Change to Prior Authorization Requirements

Specialty pharmacy updates — August 2024

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