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Claims & Billing - Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Frequently Asked Questions: Healthfirst Laboratory Benefit Management Program

Effective June 1, 2023, Healthfirst will apply updated billing and reimbursement policies to claims reporting laboratory services performed in office, hospital outpatient, and independent laboratory locations. Review these answers to frequently asked questions.

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Policy Reminder
  
Provider Alerts - Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
New Reimbursement Policies for Laboratory Services

Effective June 1, 2023, Healthfirst is updating reimbursement policies for laboratory service providers with respect to our new partnership with Avalon.

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Policy Reminder
  
Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-028 Measurement of Thromboxane Metabolites for ASA Resistance

Thromboxane A2 (TXA2) is a metabolite that causes platelet activation in the cyclooxygenase metabolic pathway (Abrams, 2023).

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Reimbursement Policy
  
Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-036 Immune Cell Function Assay

Immune cell function assays involve measurement of peripheral blood lymphocyte response (intracellular ATP levels, proliferation) following stimulation to assess the degree of functionality of the cell-mediated immune response (Buttgereit et al., 2000).

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Reimbursement Policy
  
Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2024
Reimbursement Policy: PO-RE-006 Vitamin B12 and Methylmalonic Acid Testing

Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin required for proper red blood cell formation, key metabolic processes, neurological function, and DNA regulation and synthesis.

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Reimbursement Policy
  
Provider Alerts - Practice Guidelines and Tips - 2024
2024 Medicare CAHPS Season Starts in March

Between March and June, a random sample of Healthfirst Medicare Plan members will receive the annual Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems (CAHPS) survey. The CAHPS survey measures member experience with their health plan and providers, including experience with accessing care and care coordination. For participating providers, ensuring your patients’ satisfaction will help improve your performance in the Healthfirst Quality Incentive Program (HQIP).

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Medicare
  
Diabetes & Prediabetes Care for Your Patients - Practice Guidelines and Tips - 2023
Healthfirst Cares powered by Welldoc® App SMART Visit Report

The Healthfirst Cares powered by Welldoc App SMART Visit Report (SVR) is a comprehensive report that consolidates patient-generated data to show self-management patterns and trends over time. View this document for tips to use the SVR.

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HF Cares
  
Coding - Practice Guidelines and Tips - 2023
Documentation and Coding: Neoplasm of the Meninges

This tip sheet is intended to assist providers and coding staff with the documentation and ICD-10-CM selection on services submitted to Healthfirst—specifically for common types of Neoplasm of the Meninges.

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Clinical Documentation Improvement
  
Provider Alerts - Claims & Billing - Pharmacy Resources & Formularies - Plans & Benefits - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Transition of the Pharmacy Benefit from Managed Care to Fee-for-Service

Effective April 1, 2023, Medicaid members enrolled in Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) Plans, Health and Recovery Plans (HARPs), and HIV-Special Needs Plans (SNPs) will receive their pharmacy benefits through the NYRx Pharmacy program, formerly known as the NYS Fee-for-Service (FFS) Pharmacy program.

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Pharmacy
  
Provider Alerts - Claims & Billing - Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Coverage Update: Monoclonal Antibody Therapies

As of December 1, 2022, bebtelovimab is not FDA-approved and will not be covered by Healthfirst. View details.

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COVID-19
  
Provider Alerts - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Inflation Reduction Act Impacts Cost Sharing for Medicare Part B Drugs

Beginning April 1, 2023, cost sharing for Medicare Part B Drugs will be impacted in accordance with §11101 and §11407 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA, P.L. 117-169)*

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Quality and Compliance
  
Provider Alerts - Compliance, Regulatory & Policies - Policy, Billing, or Coverage Update - 2023
Provider Alert: Medicaid FFS Enrollment Requirement for Providers

Healthfirst has reinstated the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) enrollment requirement.

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Medicaid