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Articles Month: January 2022

Title	Publication	Category	Date
City of New York Retirees will transition to NYC Medicare Advantage Plus offered through an alliance between Empire and EmblemHealth Effective April 1, 2022, approximately 200,000 Medicare-eligible City of New York retirees across the United States will transition to the NYC Medicare Advantage Plus plan. Read important information about this change in the New York City Medicare Advantage announcement.	City of New York Retirees Transition to NYC Medicare Advantage Plus	Administrative	Jan 5, 2022
Blue High Performance Network name changing for 2022	January 2022 Newsletter	Administrative	Jan 1, 2022
Well-child visits: Know the numbers	January 2022 Newsletter	Administrative	Jan 1, 2022
Medical policy and clinical guideline updates Material Adverse Change (MAC)	January 2022 Newsletter	Medical Policy & Clinical Guidelines	Jan 1, 2022
2022 FEP® Benefit information available online	January 2022 Newsletter	Federal Employee Plan (FEP)	Jan 1, 2022
Botox update for Empire BlueCross BlueShield HealthPlus members	January 2022 Newsletter	Medicaid	Jan 1, 2022
Reducing the burden of medical record review and improving health outcomes with HEDIS ECDS reporting	January 2022 Newsletter	Medicaid	Jan 1, 2022
2021 CAHPS Survey results	January 2022 Newsletter	Medicaid	Jan 1, 2022
Keep up with Medicaid news - January 2022 View these Medicaid articles: AIM Specialty Health Radiation Oncology Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines update Prior authorization updates for medications billed under the medical benefit	January 2022 Newsletter	Medicaid	Jan 1, 2022
NYC Medicare Advantage Plus effective date change	January 2022 Newsletter	Medicare	Jan 1, 2022
Important update on Botox® for Medicare members of Empire BlueCross BlueShield	January 2022 Newsletter	Medicare	Jan 1, 2022
Local 282 Welfare Trust Fund moves to Empire MediBlue Freedom (PPO) Medical plan	January 2022 Newsletter	Medicare	Jan 1, 2022
Professional claims — billing referring provider and NPI for home infusion therapy and ambulatory infusion suite	January 2022 Newsletter	Medicare	Jan 1, 2022
Reducing the burden of medical record review and improving health outcomes with HEDIS ECDS reporting	January 2022 Newsletter	Medicare	Jan 1, 2022
Keep up with Medicare news - January 2022 View these Medicare articles: Medical step therapy updates Empire BlueCross expands specialty pharmacy precertification list AIM Specialty Health Radiation Oncology Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines update	January 2022 Newsletter	Medicare	Jan 1, 2022

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