2020 News Archive

12/30/2020 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective Jan. 1, 2021 – Part 2
12/25/2020 Obtain BCBSOK Patient ID Numbers Online via Availity^® – Now Available for Government Programs
12/25/2020 Behavioral Health Tip Sheets
12/22/2020 2021 HHS-Risk Adjustment Data Validation Program (RADV)
12/21/2020 Patients in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) Program Should Not Be Billed
12/21/2020 Hospitals Must Provide Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON)
12/16/2020 Medicare adds benefit for members with inherited ovarian or breast cancer
12/14/2020 BCBSOK will update CPT^® codes for some outpatient services
12/14/2020 Use the AIM ProviderPortal for Pre & Post-Service Reviews
11/26/2020 Coming Soon: Utilization Management - New Home for Prior Authorization Information
11/23/2020 Update: BCBSOK Moving Prior Authorization Duties from eviCore to AIM
11/23/2020 Updated: HCPCS Codes to Specialty Medication Administration Site of Care Policy, Effective Jan. 1, 2021
11/18/2020 Behavioral Health Tip Sheets
11/16/2020 BCBSOK will update CPT^® codes for some prior authorization services
11/12/2020 View, Download and Print the BCBSOK Member’s ID Card Online via the Availity^® Provider Portal
11/12/2020 Verify Multiple Patient’s Eligibility and Benefits Coverage via Availity^®
11/12/2020 New Electronic Duplicate Claim Rejections for Commercial Claims Coming in Dec. 2020
11/05/2020 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective Jan. 1, 2021 – Part 1
10/10/2020 Learn more about Oklahoma Medicaid and BlueSooner Network℠
09/19/2020 Verify Procedure Code Preauthorization Requirements and Submit the Request via Availity^®
09/16/2020 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective Oct. 1, 2020 – Part 2
09/16/2020 What You Need to Know About Substance Abuse
09/15/2020 Blue High Performance Network^SM (BlueHPN^SM) to launch in January 2021
09/09/2020 Share Your Medication Assisted Treatment Designation
09/04/2020 Licensed Marital and Family Therapists Can Now Join the BCBSOK Networks
09/02/2020 In-Home Test Kits for Diabetics
09/01/2020 Obtain BCBSOK Patient ID Number Numbers Online via Availity®
08/27/2020 Blue Distinction® Message via the Availity® Eligibility and Benefits Results
08/25/2020 Telehealth Visits ̶ Medicare Advantage
08/19/2020 Improving Hypertension Management
08/18/2020 Physical Therapy Benefits to be Contained Within the IVR Phone System as of Sept. 8, 2020
08/05/2020 Colorectal Cancer Screening at Home
07/31/2020 iExchange® Will be Deactivated on August 17, 2020
07/27/2020 Submit Predetermination of Benefits Requests via the Availity^®
07/23/2020 Depression? How Do You Know?
07/23/2020 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective Oct. 1, 2020 – Part 1
07/21/2020 Behavioral Health Tip Sheets
07/14/2020 Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization Updates effective Sept. 1, 2020
07/12/2020 Imaging Studies for Low Back Pain
07/09/2020 Are you submitting claims correctly for medications that come in additional packaging?
07/08/2020 Overpayment Recovery Process for Contracted Providers
07/07/2020 CMS Payment Adjustments for Medicare Providers
06/25/2020 Federal Agencies Extend Timely Filing and Appeals Deadlines
06/19/2020 New Annual Wellness Visit Resources for Medicare Providers
06/05/2020 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective July 1, 2020 – Part 2
05/29/2020 COVID-19 Coverage Updates for Medicare Providers
05/27/2020 BCBSOK will update CPT® codes for some preauthorization services
05/27/2020 In-home Colorectal Cancer Screening Test Offered to Eligible Members
05/27/2020 Learn how to Submit a Prior Authorization through the eviCore Web Portal
05/15/2020 Calls to Electronic Commerce Services will be Redirect to Email as of June 15, 2020
05/13/2020 BCBSOK Making It Easier to Transfer Members to Post-Acute Care
04/22/2020 BCBSOK Increases the Contract Allowance for Rapid COVID-19 Testing
04/22/2020 Important Reminder Regarding Billing for Point-of-Use Convenience Kits
04/20/2020 Making it Easier to Access Chest CT Scans
04/16/2020 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective on or after July 1, 2020 – Part 1
04/14/2020 Alert: iExchange® Deactivation Extended Due to COVID-19
04/10/2020 Behavioral Health Program Changes for BlueLincs HMO^SM
04/09/2020 Extending Prior Authorization on Previously-Approved Elective Surgeries, Procedures and Therapies
03/31/2020 Reminder: iExchange® Deactivating on April 15, 2020 – Use the Availity® Authorizations & Referrals Tool
03/20/2020 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective April 1, 2020 – Part 2
03/20/2020 Remember to use In-Network Laboratories
03/19/2020 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma Temporarily Eliminating Telemedicine Copays
03/06/2020 New BCBSOK 837 Commercial Claim Validation Edits Effective April 1, 2020
02/28/2020 Behavioral Health Program Changes for BlueLincs HMO^SM
02/26/2020 Reimbursement rate update for infliximab products Beginning April 1, 2020
02/25/2020 Two New ClaimsXten^TM Rules to be Implemented June 2020
02/21/2020 Behavioral Health Tip Sheets
02/18/2020 Resolved: Electronic Payment and Remittance Delivery Delay
02/18/2020 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective April 1, 2020 – Part 1
02/17/2020 New Authorizations & Referrals Tool via Availity® Provider Portal Available as of Feb. 17, 2020
02/14/2020 Electronic Payment and Remittance Delivery Delay
02/06/2020 Two New ClaimsXten^TM Rules to be Implemented in 2020
02/04/2020 Prior Authorization Changes for ID Prefixes BBE, BHP, BNK, BRG and BYR
01/24/2020 Upcoming Changes to the Provider Paper Enrollment Forms
01/07/2020 Reminder: New Online Enrollment Process for 835 EFT and ERA through the Availity® Provider Portal