Events
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BCBS of AL Virtual Blue Forum
Registration is open for this year’s virtual Blue Forum on October 20-21, 2021. Blue Forum is designed specifically for office administrators and staff to: Meet with your peers, Blue Cross representatives and industry experts. Learn new ways to support your practice and patients. Collaborate with others to share and discover best practices. For more information and to register please visit: https://providers.bcbsal.org/portal/resources/-/resource/viewArticle/DBWS65RJBG
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2021 GC3 Conference- HIMSS Gulf Coast Chapters
The annual GC3 Conference returns to Alabama in 2021! Presented by the Alabama, Louisiana, & Mississippi Chapters of HIMSS! Where: Mobile, AL When: November 17-19, 2021 This event includes educational sessions, networking opportunities, and vendor exhibits. Wednesday Nov. 17, 2021 - Pre-Conference Symposium in the afternoon Thursday Nov. 18, 2021 - Full day of educational sessions; vendor hall open; networking reception Friday Nov. 19, 2021 - Morning educational sessions View the Agenda Register Here
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ImmPRINT Downtime
Alabama Department of Public Health Immunization Registry (ImmPRINT), will be down an entire day on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 for database maintenance. The production web services will also be down during this time, any HL7 messages received by ImmPRINT during the down time will NOT be processed due to capacity constraints. ADPH will send a notification once the database maintenance is complete, but they highly recommend you hold the HL7 messages on Tuesday, November 23,...
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2020 MIPS DEADLINE
2020 MIPS Targeted Review and Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Applications DEADLINE For more information visit: https://qpp.cms.gov/mips/exception-applications?py=2020
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UHC Medical Paper PRAs Deadline
Effective Dec. 10, 2021, for most* UnitedHealthcare plans in the region, we will no longer print and mail paper provider remittance advice (PRAs) for medical claims to network health care professionals and facilities (primary and ancillary) in the following states: Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Wisconsin* For more information visit: https://www.uhcprovider.com/en/resource-library/news/2021-network-bulletin-featured-articles/0921-pra-mailings.html
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2020 QPP – Doctors and Clinicians Preview Period Ends
The Doctors and Clinicians Preview Period ends today, December 14, 2021 at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT). If you haven’t previewed your 2020 Quality Payment Program (QPP) performance information already, don’t miss your chance before it’s publicly reported on clinician and group profile pages on Medicare Care Compare and in the Provider Data Catalog (PDC). You can access the secured Preview through the QPP website.
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2% Medicare Sequester Moratorium Deadline
On April 13th, 2021, Legislation was passed by Congress that extended the current 2% Medicare sequester moratorium established by the CARES Act through December 31, 2021. The previous expiration date was March 31, 2021. CMS had previously instructed all MACs to hold all claims with dates of service beginning April 1st for a short period of time as not to interfere with cash flow, in anticipation of possible Congressional action to extend the 2% sequester...
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2021 MIPS Hardship Exception Deadline
The 2021 Performance Year MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category Hardship Exception and Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception is now OPEN. Submit your applications to CMS by December 31, 2021. For more information visit the MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category Hardship Exception and Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception QPP webpages and link to the application.
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Close any gaps in Chronic Kidney Disease Test
Close any gaps in Chronic Kidney Disease Test by December 31, 2021 BCBS Alabama Primary Care Select providers can improve their Chronic Kidney Disease Test measure score by ensuring their attributed patients who have diabetes receive at least one of the following screenings in the current year: Albumin / Creatinine Ratio test and Basic Metabolism (BMP) test Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) test Renal Function Panel test eGFR test