News
| Network Statistics | |
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| Network Statistics for August-October 2009 | |
| Legislation Requires New Business Associate Agreements | |
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| Updated Midlands Choice business associate agreements need to be returned before February 17, 2010. The new agreements incorporate provisions of the HITECH Act as required by 2009 legislation. | |
| NPIs Required For All Providers Listed on Claims | |
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| Effective Jan. 15, 2010, claims that currently pend for missing or invalid NPI information, including claims submitted by payers to Midlands Choice for "rush" repricing, will be rejected. | |
| 2009 Surveys of Payers and Providers Yield Positive Ratings | |
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| Responses to payer and provider surveys. | |
| Accurate Information at Year-End Helps Us Serve You Better | |
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| December and January traditionally are busy months for groups who are changing administrators. To help us continue to reprice claims accurately and promptly, we need correct information. | |
| Network Statistics | |
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| Network Statistics for June-August 2009 | |
| Accessing Encrypted E-Mail | |
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| To remain compliant with regulations protecting patient privacy, we encrypt any e-mail that contains Patient Health Information (PHI) before sending it to payers. | |
| NCCI Edits | |
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| Effective October 1, 2009, Midlands Choice will implement National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits when repricing physician claims. | |
| Modifiers 50 and 51. Don’t Apply Them a Second Time | |
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| During repricing, Midlands choice applies reductions for multiple and bilateral procedures, whether or not modifiers 50 and 51 are present on the claim. | |
| Claim Questions? Go Directly to the Source | |
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| The Claims Tracking System (CTS) allows registered users to monitor and track claims submitted during the past 24 months that have been repriced or rejected as "non-par", and when repriced claims were forwarded to payers. You can also view and print the original claim and its face sheet. | |
| 2009 Provider Survey | |
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| Results of the Midlands Choice biannual survey of network physicians and hospitals are being tallied. | |
| Network Providers Listed as Best Places to Work | |
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| Two Midlands Choice providers in Iowa are listed among the nation's top 100 best places to work in healthcare. | |
| Renewal Season Updates | |
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| Information about access fees, provider directories and assistance with sales and renewal for 2009. | |
| Provider Relations Changes Focus for Fall Meetings | |
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| About 60 network providers are receiving on-site, customized presentations from Midlands Choice provider relations staff this fall. | |
| 2009 Iowa and Nebraska Legislation Affects Insured Groups | |
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| Actions of state legislatures in Iowa and Nebraska during 2009 sessions apply to fully-insured coverage. | |
| Group Enrollment and Termination Forms Simplify Tasks | |
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| If you are submitting group or division enrollments or terminations via mail or fax, your life could be easier. | |
| Getting Your Messages to Midlands Choice Providers | |
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| Midlands Choice publishes online and printed communications for providers that your organization can use to communicate easily and quickly with this audience. | |
| Questions About Our Website? | |
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| We have posted a web guide to assist payers with navigating this site. | |
| New Website Launch Scheduled for Spring ‘09 | |
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| Redesigned online forms for submitting group enrollment and termination
information will be included in the “Payers, Brokers and Employers” section of a
newly designed Midlands Choice website that will be launched in April. | |
