It’s been way too long since I’ve done an update. A few interesting things have crossed my desk lately so I thought I would share.
CoventryCares of Nebraska migrates to Aetna Better Health on 8/24/2014.
It looks like Aetna is finally starting to integrate Coventry into their business. We first thought this was just a rebranding to get rid of the Coventry name but this appears to be a true conversion. This is part of the announcement that Emdeon posted yesterday:
The membership of CoventryCares of Nebraska (currently sent using real-time Payer ID 00511) is expected to migrate August 25, 2014 to Aetna Better Health of Nebraska (new real-time Payer ID ABHNE). With this migration, users will no longer have access to the provider look-up functionality unique to the CoventryCares of Nebraska transactions.
Effective on that date, real-time transactions for these plans will need to be submitted using the new plan name and/or real-time payer ID information: Aetna Better Health of Nebraska, real-time payer ID ABHNE. During the time of August 19, 2014 through August 24, 2014, Health Care Services Review – Request for Review and Response 278 transactions submitted to either real-time payer ID, 00511 or ABHNE, will receive an error message indicating the system is unavailable. All Health Care Services Review – Request for Review and Response 278 transactions should be held during this time and resubmitted to real-time payer ID ABHNE beginning August 25, 2014.
Beginning September 25, 2014, Eligibility Inquiry and Response 270/271, Claim Status Inquiry and Response 276/277 and all Health Care Services Review 278 transactions submitted to the legacy plan name (CoventryCares of Nebraska) and/or legacy real-time payer ID (00511) will receive an error message in the response reminding the submitter to re-submit under the new plan name/real-time payer ID.
I expect to see more of these coming soon. I’m hoping Aetna will provide some type of conversion schedule.
Wellpoint Changes Name to Anthem
I’m not sure what this will mean for ID cards and plan names for plans like BCBS of Wisconsin and Empire BCBS. I’m hoping this is just a marketing ploy with very view real world changes.
Medicare Therapy Caps Not Updating Correctly
I’ve heard a rumor that there are issues with therapy claim dollars getting applied to beneficiary therapy cap amounts. My understandings is that neither HETS and DDE are showing the correct amounts and you must call your MAC to get the right amounts. If you’ve heard anything about this or talked to our MAC, please leave a comment below.
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