Navigating the electronic Record

As part of our efforts to make it easier to do business with us, we’d like to offer some tips for using the electronic Record.

Understanding the format

• The upper portion of the newsletter features up to four articles that relate to the main area of interest you chose when you subscribed to the newsletter (for example, Professional, Facility, DME). If there are no articles in the issue pertaining to your main area of interest, we’ll feature a few articles from our “All providers” section. This is also the version we post to bcbsm.com.

• The bottom portion of the newsletter serves as an interactive index, listing the headlines for all the articles in the issue and giving you access to them.

Printing The Record or individual articles

• You can print individual articles in The Record by clicking on the headlines below the gold bar that reads “For the Record” and then clicking on Print this article at the top of the newsletter.

• If you want to print all the articles in the newsletter, click on the Print entire issue link in the upper right-hand corner of the newsletter’s front page.

• Keep in mind that you may not need to access or print all the articles in the newsletter each month. Check out the list of headlines in the bottom section of the newsletter to determine which articles are important to you. For example, if your work location is a doctor’s office, you may not be interested in the articles in the Facility section.

Forwarding The Record

• You can easily forward The Record by using the Forward to a Friend link at the top of the front page.

• If you’re reading an article you’d like to share, you can click on the Forward to a Friend link at the top of the article.

Accessing The Record online

• You can quickly access current and past issues of the newsletter, dating back to January 2010, along with an index, on The Record Archive.

• You can also access the newsletter via web-DENIS by clicking on BCBSM Provider Publications and Resources from the web-DENIS home page. Issues in this archive go back to March 1998.

Subscribing to The Record,
You can subscribe to the electronic Record or invite a colleague to subscribe by clicking here or on the Subscribe link at the top of each page of the newsletter.

Customizing your subscription
As part of the subscription process, you’ll be asked to indicate your main area of interest. You may choose from these topics:

• All providers
• Professional
• Facility
• Pharmacy
• Medicare Advantage
• DME
• Vision
• Auto groups

Once you select a topic, you’ll generally see about four of those articles in that category highlighted at the top of your email each month. All the articles for that topic — and all other articles in that month’s Record — are listed below the gold bar that says “For the Record.” You’ll see the topics reflected in the colored headings.

You may change your topic selection at any time by clicking on the Update Profile link at the very bottom of The Record email. On this page, you may also update your contact information and email address.