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Home Health Agencies (HHA)

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Date	Topics	Subject
2013
04/10/13	Explanation of Benefit	Reference Based Benefits
04/02/13	Independent Clinical Labs	BCBSKS Claims Filing Process
02/20/13	National Drug Code (NDC)	NDC format change due to HIPAA 5010
2012
12/28/12	Group Update	2013 State of Kansas and Federal Employee Program Member Benefits
07/27/12	Health Care Reform Preventive Services	Women's Preventive Services effective 8/1/12
06/25/12	Healthcare Reform Initiatives	Consumer Transparency
04/18/12	Patient Reason for Visit (PRV)	Clarification of HIPAA 5010 Requirement for PRV
04/17/12	Blue National Doctor & Hospital Finder	Locating a Contracting BCBSKS Provider
03/21/12	Availity Health Information Network	BCBSKS now on Availity Portal
01/25/12	BCBSKS Member Eligibility and Claim Status information on Availity	Availity roll-out delayed
01/01/12	Group Update	2012 Federal Employee Program (FEP) Changes
01/01/12	Group Update	2012 State of Kansas Changes
2011
12/07/11	Federal Employee Program (FEP) member's benefit	Certified Physical Therapist Assistant (CPTA) or Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA) services in Home Health
08/26/11	BCBSKS Guideline Clarification	CPT Code 96416, Chemotherapy Administration, intravenous
08/22/11	Medicare Mass Adjustment	Change in Automatic Crossover for Medicare Mass Adjustments will include FEP
08/01/11	BCBSKS Secure Access	Changes in the display of BlueAccess Web pages
07/14/11	Medicare Mass Adjustments	Change in Automatic Crossover for Medicare Mass Adjustments
06/30/11	Benefit Changes	Member Contracts Effective 7/1/2011
05/17/11	Therapy Services	Therapy Services
04/22/11	HIPAA 5010	BCBSKS Testing HIPAA 5010
01/14/11	Inquiries	Authenticating a Provider
01/14/11	Claim Processing	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Claims Secondary to Medicare
01/05/11	Claim Processing	Category III Codes
2010
12/30/10	Policy Guideline	Limited Patient Waiver
12/21/10	Special Group Updates	2011 Federal Employee Program Changes
12/21/10	Special Group Updates	2011 State of Kansas Changes
12/13/10	HIPAA 5010	HIPAA 5010 Requirements - UB04 Change
12/06/10	Boeing Network	New Boeing Benefits Administrator
11/23/10	Claim Denials	Medical Records Request
10/11/10	Medical Policies and Precertification/ Pre-authorization	Medical Policy and Pre-Certification/ Pre-Authorization Router
08/17/10	Secondary to Medicare Claims	UPDATE: Part A Crossover Problem
07/26/10	Secondary to Medicare Claims	Part A Crossover Problem
07/23/10	BlueCard	Medicare Advantage Billing Reminder
07/19/10	Blue Access Secure Services	Deleting Provider Profiles
07/12/10	Claim Denials	Invalid Identification Numbers
06/28/10	Walmart	Walmart: New ID Cards
06/23/10	Point of Origin & Condition Code Changes	UB04 Claim Filing
05/21/10	HIPAA 5010	HIPAA 5010 Requirements
05/14/10	Home Nursing Care	Federal Employee Program (FEP): Home Health Services – Home Nursing Care
04/28/10	HCPCS Codes	New HCPCS Codes Effective April 1, 2010
03/10/10	BlueCard	Calling BlueCard® for Eligibility and/or Pre-Certification/Prior Authorization
2009
12/21/09	2010 Special Groups update	09-12 Federal Employee Program (FEP) and State of Kansas Employee (SOK) Groups
11/23/09	Updated: Secondary to Medicare Claims	09-11 Blue Cross Claims Secondary To Medicare: Update
11/16/09	Boeing CAP Network Newsletter replaced. Refer to Contracting Hospitals October 15, 2010 newsletter.	09-10 Boeing to Utilize CAP Network
11/16/09	BlueCard	09-09 BlueCard Provider Appeals
08/10/09	Medical Policies	09-08 Providers Are Encouraged To Review Online Medical Policies And Sign Up For ListServ
06/30/09	BlueCard International	09-07 Acquisition by Triple-S of La Cruz Azul's Managed Care Portfolio
06/16/09	Member Questionnaire	09-06 Other Party Liability
04/23/09	State of Kansas	09-05 Claim Adjustment Timeliness
04/22/09	Blue Select & Premier Blue	09-04 Blue Select & Premier Blue Discontinued
02/02/09	Secondary to Medicare Claims	09-03 New Warning Edits
01/19/09	Premier Blue	09-02 Premier Blue Discontinued
01/09/09	2009 Special Groups Update	09-01 Federal Employee Program (FEP) and State of Kansas Employee Group
2008
10/10/08	Enhanced Claim Status and Eligibility Inquiry Process	10-10 Enhanced Claim Status and Eligibility Inquiry Process
09/15/08	ID Cards	08-06 New Id Cards Arriving This Fall
04/17/2008	Telephone Numbers	08-05 Telephone Directory
04/17/2008	NPI	08-04 National Provider Identifier – Implementation Complete May 23, 2008
01/29/2008	NPI	08-03 National Provider Identifier – Final Implementation on May 23, 2008
01/29/2008	IRS	08-02 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM 1099
01/17/2008	Medicare Advantage (MA)	08-01 Medicare Advantage Private Fee-For-Service Terms and Conditions