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Articles Month: February 2023

Title	Publication	Category	Date
Group number change for Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Health Plan	March 2023 Empire Provider News	Administrative	Feb 23, 2023
Notice of assignment of your Empire Provider Agreement to Beacon	Beacon Assignment	Administrative	Feb 13, 2023
AIM Specialty Health will transition to Carelon Medical Benefits Management Inc.	February 2023 Newsletter	Administrative	Feb 1, 2023
New policy for clinical data sharing and ADT notifications Material Adverse Change (MAC)	February 2023 Newsletter	Administrative	Feb 1, 2023
Controlling High Blood Pressure and Submitting Compliant Readings	February 2023 Newsletter	Administrative	Feb 1, 2023
Have you reviewed your online provider directory information lately?	February 2023 Newsletter	Administrative	Feb 1, 2023
Participating provider contractual obligations: Advanced patient notice policy for non-participating provider referrals	February 2023 Newsletter	Administrative	Feb 1, 2023
Helping to reduce delays when submitting attachments: Make sure your correspondence includes one of these elements	February 2023 Newsletter	Digital Tools	Feb 1, 2023
Enhancing Provider News website and email communications	February 2023 Newsletter	Digital Tools	Feb 1, 2023
Medical Policy and Clinical Guideline updates Material Adverse Change (MAC)	February 2023 Newsletter	Medical Policy & Clinical Guidelines	Feb 1, 2023
Update: AIM Specialty Health Cardiology Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines CPT Code List	February 2023 Newsletter	Medical Policy & Clinical Guidelines	Feb 1, 2023
Clinical Criteria updates for specialty pharmacy Material Adverse Change (MAC)	February 2023 Newsletter	Pharmacy	Feb 1, 2023
Specialty pharmacy updates - February 2023 Material Adverse Change (MAC)	February 2023 Newsletter	Pharmacy	Feb 1, 2023
Keep up with Medicaid news - February 2023 View these Medicaid articles:	February 2023 Newsletter	Medicaid	Feb 1, 2023
Mutual of America New York moves to the Empire BlueCross BlueShield retiree solutions Medicare Advantage plan	February 2023 Newsletter	Medicare	Feb 1, 2023
City of Manchester Offers Medicare Advantage Option	February 2023 Newsletter	Medicare	Feb 1, 2023
Keep up with Medicare news - February 2023 View these Medicare articles: Introducing the Provider Learning Hub Empire BlueCross expands specialty pharmacy precertification list (Fylnetra) Empire BlueCross expands specialty pharmacy precertification list (Spevigo, Xenpozyme) Specialty pharmacy precertification list expansion (Rolvedon, Stimufend) New specialty pharmacy medical step therapy requirements (Infed, Injectafer, Monoferric) AIM Specialty Health Cardiology Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines CPT Code List update Prior authorization requirement changes effective April 1, 2023 Medical Policies and Clinical Utilization Management Guidelines update Revised program implementation date prior authorizations for post-acute care Updates to AIM Specialty Health Rehabilitative and Habilitative Services Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines Updates to AIM Specialty Health Radiation Oncology Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines Name change announcement: myNEXUS will transition to Carelon Post Acute Solutions on March 1, 2023	February 2023 Newsletter	Medicare	Feb 1, 2023

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