For Healthcare Providers

For the last 14 months, healthcare reform has dominated the headlines and, for those of us in the healthcare industry, many of our conversations. Yet there's so much more to be said.

Midlands Choice now has an online method for submitting CMS-1500 claims at no charge.

New online payment estimator tools for providers and members are now available from Aetna.

A recently updated brochure includes samples of CIGNA cards, including the new card for groups previously administered by Great-West Healthcare.

Three Midlands Choice employee groups, 1st Financial Bank USA, Great Western Bank and Affiliates, and Siouxland Mental Health Services, access the Midlands Choice network through the Sanford Health Plan.

We anticipate offering free coding webinars in the coming months. If you would like to be receive an invitation, please let us know.

A well-prepared, properly documented appeal saves time in the long-run and can help improve chances of achieving the desired outcome.

On April 8, 2010, Ingham (Michigan) County Circuit Court Judge William E. Collette issued a Rehabilitation Order placing American Community Mutual Insurance Company, a Midlands Choice payer, into Rehabilitation.

Effective April 1, 2010, approximately 70 groups administered by Great-West Healthcare will begin accessing the Midlands Choice network in South Dakota.

Send claims and appeals for Aetna Student Health Plans to the correct addresses.

The Department of Health & Human Services has mandated that the healthcare industry must use the new HIPAA version 5010 electronic transactions standards by January 1, 2012.