Provider Newsletters: 2006

• Volume 8 Number 4 (PDF)
  In This Issue: PHP Announces the Provider Recognition Program for Primary Care Practitioners, Proof of Citizenship Now Required For All Medicaid Members, New Tools Help Practitioners in Management of Diabetic Patients, Management of Hyperlipidemia to Reduce Risks of Coronary & Other Vascular Diseases, Treating Depression with Medical Conditions, Passport Health Plan Ranks in the Top 25 of All Medicaid Health Plans in the Country, 2006 Review of Medical Records, Electronic Referrals Available in December 2006, Coming in 2007: Passport Health Plan's New Look, National Provider Identifier (NPI) Reminder, Behavioral Health Care Coordination Reminder, The Correlation of Hypertension and Dyslipidemia, iEXCHANGE® Web Successfully Allows Providers to View Authorizations Online, EPSDT: Comprehensive Care for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults, Personalizing Fetal Ultrasounds, Women’s Health Initiatives

• Volume 8 Number 3 (PDF)
  In This Issue: A Special Public Health Note - Prepare for Mumps Outbreak, Clinical Criteria Available to Providers, Spirometry Helps Practitioners Confirm & Manage Obstructive Lung Disease, PHP Providers Recognized by NCQA & American Diabetes Association, Flu Vaccine Program 2006/2007, Attention Primary Care Providers, National Provider Identifier (NPI) Reminder, Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines, Passport Health Plan Implements Electronic Referrals, UM Reminder, Provider Relations Expansion and Reassignment, Encouraging EPSDT Checkups During Back to School Season, PCP Office Standards & Emergency Room Overuse, PCP Bonus Program, Introducing the 2006 Pay-For-Performance Initiative, Provider Alerts, View Authorizations Online Through iEXCHANGE®, Mommy & Me Program Assists Practitioners in Postpartum Care, Cervical Cancer Screening FAQs, PAD's New Behavioral Health Care Coord Program Offers Collaborative Services, Live-Saving Colorectal Cancer Screenings Covered for PAD Members, Provider Directories Available Online

• Volume 8 Number 2 (PDF)
  In This Issue: Controlling Hypertension, Please Refer Female Members Ages 40-65 for Mammography Screenings, The Value of the Microalbumin (MA) Test, Prior Authorization (PA) of Medications, Screening for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Cervical Cancer, Need to Talk about Denials, Provider Updates and Reminders, Clinical Practice Guidelines Update, UM Reminder

• Volume 8 Number 1 (PDF)
  In this Issue: Provider Updates and Reminders Column, Best Practices Spotlight: Kentuckiana Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Association PSC, ER Notification for Asthma, A Reminder For Medical and Medicare Behaviorial Health Providers, Controlling High Blood Pressure, The Practitioner Satisfaction Survey, Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Rates, Encouraging Well-Child Checkups for Chuildren Ages 3-6, Utilization Management Reminder