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Date Topics Subject
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 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 Timliness
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
2007
11/16/2007 NPI, Claim Submission 07-13 National Provider Identifier Contingency Plan – Stage 2 to be Implemented January 1, 2008
11/05/2007 Medicare Advantage (MA), BlueCard Program 07-12 Medicare Advantage Private Fee For Service (PFFS) FAQs
11/05/2007 Tyson Foods, Federal Employee Program (FEP), ID Cards 07-11 New ID Number for Tyson Foods, Inc. Members
          New FEP Identification Cards
          FEP Pilots New Basic Consumer Option
06/15/2007 Claim Submission, NPI, Web Inquiry, Electronic 07-10 National Provider Identifier (NPI) – Contingency Plan and Procedures
05/16/2007 Claim Submission, NPI, Web Inquiry, Electronic
Newsletter replaced. Refer to June 15, 2007 newsletter
07-09 National Provider Identifier (NPI) – Contingency Plan and Procedures
04/27/2007 BlueCard International, Eligibility 07-08 How to Recognize an International Blue Plan Member
03/13/2007 Electronic, Web Inquiry, Eligibility
(updated 4/04/2007)
07-07 Enhanced Eligibility Inquiry Process Becomes Available March 31, 2007 Adobe Acrobat Document
02/27/2007 Claim Submission, Claim Processing 07-06 Implementation of UB-04 and Revised CMS 1500 Claim Forms
01/18/2007 FEP, Plan 65, Kansas Choice 07-05 2007 Update
  • Federal Employee Program (FEP)
  • Medigap Plan K
  • State of Kansas Employee Group
01/08/2007 IRS 07-04 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM 1099
01/03/2007 Blue Choice 07-03 BCBSKS Introduces Essential Blue
01/03/2007 Specialty Network Groups, Farmers Alliance, National Cooperative Refinery Association (Updated 01/08/07) 07-02 Network Pricing Groups - Two New Groups Added January 1, 2007
01/03/2007 BlueCard International 07-01 Blue Coverage Ends December 31, 2006 for Members From Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom
2006
10/17/2006 Electronic, Claim Status, Crossover, BlueCard Program

06-12 Online Claim Status and Medicare Crossover for Out-of-Area BCBS Members

10/17/2006 Medigap, Plan 65, Disability Plan, Medicare Advantage 06-11 Clarification Regarding Medigap Coverage
08/22/2006 BlueCard Program, ID Card 06-10 The Blue Healthcare Debit Card
(A medical ID card that’s easy to recognize and simple to use)
07/10/2006 Prior Authorization, Payment Reduction, Penalty, Private Duty Nursing (PDN) 06-09 Prior Authorization of Services
06/21/2006 BlueCard Program, Claims Processing, Medical Records 06-08 Medical Record Requests and Submission Procedures
06/21/2006 BlueCard Program, Identification (ID) Numbers 06-07 Blue Member ID Cards Do Not Include Social Security Numbers
05/23/2006 National Provider Number (NPI) 06-06 National Provider Identifier
04/05/2006 Medicare Advantage 06-05 Medicare Advantage Programs Offered By Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans – UPDATE
03/16/2006 BlueCard Claims, Plan 65, Medicare Exclusion Rider (MER), Complementary to Medicare, Crossover 06-04 Medicare Claims – Consolidated Crossover Process (BCBS Claims Secondary to Medicare)
03/15/2006 ID Number, Electronic, EDI Claims, Claim Status, Eligibility, Precertification, Interactive Voice Response (IVR) 06-03 Member Identification Numbers
02/01/2006

Electronic, Web Inquiry, Customer Service Center (CSC), IVR, Claim Status, Eligibility

06-02 Fast and Easy Access to Eligibility and Claim Status Information
01/10/2006

IRS

06-01 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM 1099