The Connection OnlineSM

February 2012

Welcome to The Connection Online

This publication contains important information, including updates to policies and procedures, for physicians, dentists, other health care professionals, facilities and their staff.

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Provider information and resources available for King County employer group

The KingCareSM health plan for King County employees is administered by Regence BlueShield under the National Alliance platform effective January 1.

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Provider Center—Your first contact for member eligibility, benefits and claims information

Beginning March 1, we will require providers to access the Provider Center to locate information regarding eligibility, benefits and simple claims status.

Medical multi-year accumulators now available
The Provider Center now displays medical multi-year accumulators that are applicable to each member’s product.

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News and Updates

Administrative and Billing updates

Products and Programs

Medicare

Networks

Policies

Changes to our medical policies are listed below. Learn how policies are reviewed. Our Coding Toolkit includes codes that require clinical information (updated monthly), a complete list of code groupings and our Correct Code Editor (updated quarterly).

Medical

Reimbursement