2021 News Archive

12/30/2021 Availity^® Tools to Support Providers in 2022
12/27/2021 New Lab Policies and Laboratory Management Program Delayed
12/23/2021 OSI Emergency Order for LTC Transfer PA
12/21/2021 Behavioral Health Cost Share Waiver for Some BCBSNM Members Begins Jan. 1, 2022
12/17/2021 Chiropractic & Mixed Therapy Benefits Contained in IVR Phone System as of Jan. 3, 2022
12/09/2021 Claim Editing Enhancements Coming April 1, 2022
12/07/2021 Patients in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program Should Not Be Billed
12/07/2021 Hospitals Must Provide Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice
12/07/2021 Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers May Meet Quality Measure
12/07/2021 Webinar on Avoiding Antibiotics Overuse
12/07/2021 COVID-19 Vaccine Billing for Medicare Advantage Members
12/07/2021 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) Codes Updated for Prior Authorization, Jan. 1, 2022
12/06/2021 Behavioral Health Cost Share Waiver for Some BCBSNM Members Begins Jan. 1, 2022
12/06/2021 New Flexible Medicare Advantage PPO Plan
11/26/2021 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective Jan. 1, 2022 – Part 1
11/24/2021 COVID-19 Vaccine Billing for Medicare Advantage Members
11/24/2021 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) Codes Updated for Prior Authorization
11/24/2021 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) Codes Updated for Prior Authorization for Medicare programs
11/24/2021 Single Sign-On Access to AIM Specialty Health^® via Availity^®
11/24/2021 View Withdrawn Claim Descriptions via the Availity^® Claim Status Tool
11/24/2021 Watch for a Letter on Fighting Fraud, Waste and Abuse
11/19/2021 New Provider Designations and Services Forms for Provider Onboarding Applications
10/25/2021 Claim Editing Enhancements Coming Jan. 10, 2022
10/22/2021 Catch Up on Vaccines for All Ages
10/20/2021 Continuity of Care Changes
10/20/2021 Machine-Readable Files
10/20/2021 New Information on Member ID Cards
10/20/2021 Provider Directory Information Verification
10/20/2021 Surprise Billing Provisions of No Surprises Act
10/20/2021 Initiation of Substance Use Disorder Provider Enhanced Payment Program Blue Cross Community Centennial^SM
10/20/2021 Provider Incentive Program for Weight Assessment and Counseling for Children and Adolescents - Blue Cross Community Centennial^SM
10/20/2021 2022 Telemedicine Services
10/20/2021 New Laboratory Policies Coming Jan. 1, 2022
10/20/2021 Avoiding Antibiotics for Acute Bronchitis
10/20/2021 Managing Diabetes
10/20/2021 Introducing Electronic Clinical Claim Appeal Requests via Availity^® Provider Portal for Federal Employee Program^® (FEP^®) and Blue Cross Community Centennial^SM claims
10/18/2021 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective Oct. 1, 2021 – Part 2
09/15/2021 In-Home Diabetes Monitoring Tests Coming to Select Blue Cross Community Centennial^SM Members
09/08/2021 Coding Cancer and Cancer-Related Treatments
09/08/2021 Obesity and Morbid Obesity
09/08/2021 Change to Some Primary and Secondary Claims Coordination
09/08/2021 Are you using these shared decision-making aids?
09/08/2021 Coverage Replacement for Smoking Cessation Product CHANTIX^® Due to Voluntary Recall
09/08/2021 Managing Diabetes
09/03/2021 Reminder: Use AIM for Prior Authorization - Coming for Pharmacy Medical Oncology
08/17/2021 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective Oct. 1, 2021 – Part 1
08/17/2021 Availity^® Claim Status Response Enhancement for Medicare Advantage Claims
08/05/2021 NM DOH Announces Second Round of Incentives for COVID-19 Vaccines
07/12/2021 Prior Authorization Update - Pharmacy Medical Oncology
07/12/2021 View Professional Provider Fee Schedule via Availity^® – Coming Soon
07/11/2021 National Drug Code (NDC) Fee Schedule Changes Effective Sept. 1, 2021
07/11/2021 Colorectal Cancer Screening for Members Age 45 to 75
06/24/2021 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective July.1, 2021 – Part 2
06/08/2021 Prepayment Reviews on Inpatient DRG Claims for BlueCard members
05/28/2021 In-Home Test Kits for Colorectal Cancer Screening
05/28/2021 Free Webinar and CME on Depression
05/28/2021 Catch Up Now on Child and Adolescent Vaccinations
05/27/2021 BCBSNM Members Have New Mail Order and Specialty Pharmacies as of May 1, 2021
05/13/2021 EXL Health to Review Complex Claims July 1, 2021
05/13/2021 National Drug Code (NDC) Fee Schedule Change for Octagam (J1568)
05/13/2021 Reminder: Single Access Point for EFT and ERA Enrollments
05/12/2021 Delivering Quality Care: Treating Substance Abuse
05/10/2021 COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Reimbursement – HSD Supplement 16
05/10/2021 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective July 1, 2021 – Part 1
05/06/2021 Cervical Cancer Screening May Save a Life
05/06/2021 Caring for the Colon
05/05/2021 New Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Service Request Forms
04/15/2021 Select Medication List to be Updated June 1, 2021
04/09/2021 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective April.1, 2021 – Part 2
04/09/2021 Reminder: eviCore to Manage Prior Authorization Appeals Process through April 2021 for 2020 Adverse Determinations
04/08/2021 Some Codes Removed from AIM^® Prior Authorization
03/19/2021 Updates Made to the Provider Reference Manual
03/12/2021 Single Access Point for 835 EFT and ERA Enrollments
03/01/2021 Pharmacy Program Updates: Quarterly Pharmacy Changes Effective Apr. 1, 2021, Part 1
02/16/2021 Atrial Fibrillation
02/16/2021 Diabetes Mellitus
01/05/2021 Healthcare and Related Personnel Eligible for Phase 1a Vaccinations