The Connection OnlineSM

June 2010

Welcome to The Connection Online

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

Editions are published in February, April, June, August, October and December. As a reminder, our newsletter will be published online only. You will no longer receive paper issues of The ConnectionSM or Dental News.

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Note: Other important updates can be found in our What's New section.

New president for Utah Plan

Bob Hatch, retired president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Wells Fargo Utah, will become the president of Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah (Regence BCBSU) on June 1.

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New provider contracting manager

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Todd Sprouse as manager of Provider Contracting. Todd is responsible for overseeing all professional and facility contracting and network management activities.

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New provider consultant for the northern region

We are pleased to introduce Trishelle Edmonds as the new provider consultant for the northern region and Intermountain Healthcare-affiliated physicians, other health care professionals and facilities.

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News

 

Administrative and Billing

 

Products and Programs

Policies

Changes to our medical and reimbursement 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