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Vaccination Mandate Deadlines Approach

CMS head tells providers to comply with staff COVID-19 vaccination mandate in a letter. If you are harboring any hopes that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will give you more leeway on the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for staff, consider those hopes dashed.           “Now is the time to make sure health care […]

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CMS Pushes Back Quality Reporting Deadlines

Quality data submission may be optional in the months ahead. If you’re struggling to compile your Medicare quality reporting data, relief is in sight. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering much needed assistance with extensions to submission deadlines and additional hardship exceptions. “CMS recognizes that […]

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There are Deadlines for Submitting Information

CEUs for chapter meetings It is recommended that CEUs be requested 30 days in advance of the meetings, but no later than two weeks before. Meetings are approved in the order they are received. CEUs will not be granted if the request was received after the meeting was held.  CEUs for chapter-sponsored seminars It is […]

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Anthem Changes Timely-Filing (TFL ) Deadlines Effective On October 1, 2019


Anthem has sent out a notice to all providers who have signed non-Medicare (Commercial) or Medicare Advantage contracts with them, stating as, 

“Effective for all commercial and Medicare Advantage Professional Claims submitted to the plan on or after Oct. 1, 2019, the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Anthem) Provider Agreement(s) will be amended to require the submission of all commercial and Medicare Advantage professional claims within ninety (90) days of the date of service. 

This means all claims submitted on or after October 1, 2019 will be subject to a ninety ” (90) day Timely Filing requirement.”

Medicare’s rule for timely filing is,“Claims must be filed to the appropriate Medicare claims processing contractor no later than 12 months, or 1 calendar year, after the date the services were furnished.”


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Anthem Changes Timely-Filing Deadlines

Anthem has sent out a notice to all providers who have signed non-Medicare or Medicare Advantage contracts with them, stating: “Effective for all commercial and Medicare Advantage Professional Claims submitted to the plan on or after Oct. 1, 2019, your Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Anthem) Provider Agreement(s) will be amended to require the […]

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There are Deadlines for Submitting Information

CEUs for chapter meetings It is recommended that CEUs be requested 30 days in advance of the meetings, but no later than two weeks before. Meetings are approved in the order they are received. CEUs will not be granted if the request was received after the meeting was held. CEUs for chapter-sponsored seminars It is […]

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North Carolina Providers: Don’t Miss Health Information Exchange Deadlines

Healthcare providers in North Carolina who receive state funds for the provision of healthcare services are facing important deadlines to begin using their state’s dedicated health information exchange (HIE), called NC HealthConnex. For most providers, the deadline to connect and submit patient clinical and demographic date to NC HealthConnex is June 1, 2019. NC HealthConnex […]
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