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Current News Highlights
Go for the Gold Card – check your waiver status
Nearly 9,000 providers will be exempt from prior authorization requirements for select behavioral health services. Are you one of them?
ConnectiCare group plan members are getting new ID cards and unique group numbers.
If you work with clients covered by a ConnectiCare group (Commercial) health plan Updated ID cards are being mailed over several months, beginning June 1 and wrapping up by Dec. 31.
New York: Notification required for SUD complex care
Do you provide outpatient substance use disorder (SUD) services - specifically procedure code 90882 - to UnitedHealthcare Community Plan members? You'll want to read about this change to notification requirements.
Texas: Local Moms need mental health providers
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is seeking behavioral health providers to help improve the lives of mothers in Texas.