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- Webinar on Coding for Medicare Advantage Annual Wellness Visits
- Prior Authorization code updates for Medicare Advantage
- ClaimsXten™ Quarterly Update Effective June 17, 2024
- Caring for Substance Use Disorders
- Late and added charges must be submitted as a Corrected Claim
- Filing Claims for Behavioral Health Services – Use the Correct Place of Service Code
- Pharmacy Program Quarterly Update Changes Effective April 1, 2024 – Part 2
- Prior Authorization Codes Updated for Commercial Members
- The Importance of Updating Provider Demographics
- Medicare Advantage HEDIS Records Collection through June 2024
- Federal Employee Program® Updates to Prior Approval Requirements and Benefits
- Closing Gaps in Colon Care
- Pharmacy Program Quarterly Update Changes Effective April 1, 2024 – Part 1
- Follow-up Care for Mental Health
- Avoiding the Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotic Medication in Anxiety Disorders
- Reminder: Update Your Records with New Mailing Address for Paper Commercial Claims and Inquiries
- Use the National Drug Codes Units Calculator Available in Availity® Essentials
- See Our Revised Clinical Payment and Coding Policy for Anesthesia Services
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Federal Employee Program® HEDIS® Records: Collecting February through April 2024
- Managing Antidepressant Medication
- Supporting Healthy Hearts
- ClaimsXten™ Quarterly Update Effective April 15, 2024
- Pharmacy Program Quarterly Update: Changes Effective Jan. 1, 2024 – Part 2
- Coding Webinars: Major Depressive Disorder and Annual Wellness Visits
- Changes to Claim Inquiry Resolution – High-Dollar, Pre-Pay Reviews Only
- Reminder: Update Your Records with New Mailing Address for Paper Commercial Claims and Inquiries
- Update Your Records: New Medicare Open Access PPO Members and ID Cards
- Prior Authorization Codes Updated for Commercial Members
- Prior Authorization code updates for Medicare Advantage
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma began issuing direct payment to out-of-network providers, effective Nov. 1, 2023
- Three New ClaimsXten™ Rules to be Implemented March 2024
- Oral Oncology Pharmacy Network Transitioned to IntegratedRx™
- Pharmacy Program Quarterly Update Changes Effective Jan. 1, 2024 – Part 1
- Monitoring Children Using ADHD Medication
- Remind Our Members about Cervical and Breast Cancer Screenings
- BCBSOK’s Approach to Managing GLP-1 Agonist Medications
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Guidelines for Availability and Access Standards to Care for Medicare Advantage Members
- Hospitals Must Provide Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice
- Patients in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program Should Not Be Billed
- Appropriate Use of Opioids Program to be Retired January 2024
- Utilization Management: How to Avoid Delays and Denied Claims
- Annual Medical Record Data Collection for HEDIS Quality Reporting begins Feb. 1