• P = Professional
  • B = Behavioral health
  • F = Facilities

BCBSRI Update

P B F
Mar 1, 2022
Upon enrollment, our members are granted certain rights and protection of these rights in all their ...
P F
Mar 1, 2022
Effective February 2022, IQ Medicare Module InterQual® 2021, Dec. 2021 Release, Medicare: Procedures...
F
Feb 25, 2022
BCBSRI will resume prior authorization for Skilled Nursing admission effective March 1, 2022....
F
Feb 3, 2022
Effective 12/31/2021 through 2/28/2022  BCBSRI will suspend prior authorization requirements for Ski...
P
Feb 1, 2022
Every March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sends our members the Medicare Con...
P
Feb 1, 2022
You may have patients eligible for HouseCall by Blue, a home-based medical care program offered by B...
P B F
Feb 1, 2022
On April 1, 2022, City of New York retirees plan will transition from Traditional Medicare + Supplem...
P
Feb 1, 2022
Effective December 2021: LCD Name Change - Lumbar Epidural Injections (L35937) National Government ...
P B F
Jan 1, 2022
BCBSRI encourages its participating providers to collaborate with us in supporting LGBTQ communities...
P F
Jan 1, 2022
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reminds Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs)...
P B F
Jan 1, 2022
Questions about Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs)? By now, you’ve heard the news that all of our 2...
P B F
Dec 16, 2021
Questions about Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs)? By now, you’ve heard the news that all of our 2...
P F
Dec 1, 2021
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reminds Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs)...
P B F
Dec 1, 2021
Any BCBSRI group that renews in 2022 will receive new ID cards for their employees which will includ...
P
Nov 8, 2021
BCBSRI has posted a new TEMPORARY COVID-19 Pediatric Vaccination Preventative Medicine Counseling Se...
P B F
Nov 1, 2021
Effective January 1, 2022, BCBSRI will offer a new Medicare Advantage non-referral-based product for...
P F
Nov 1, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reminds Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO...
P B F
Nov 1, 2021
Any BCBSRI group that renews in 2022 will receive new ID cards for their employees which will includ...
P B
Oct 1, 2021
As a reminder, our BlueCHiP Direct Advance plan is available to the individual commercial market thr...
P F
Sep 1, 2021
As a reminder, our BlueCHiP Direct Advance plan is available to the individual commercial market thr...
P F
Aug 1, 2021
eviCore updated processing rules on July 14th for all Medicare code change requests.  The new proc...
P B F
Aug 1, 2021
BCBSRI encourages its participating providers to collaborate with us in supporting LGBTQ communities...
P B F
Jul 1, 2021
Throughout the pandemic, healthcare workers’ top priority, as always, was the health and safety of t...
P F
Jun 7, 2021
BCBSRI will resume prior authorization for all products effective June 11, 2021 with the exception i...