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June 2021
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June is Pride Month: A time to focus on needs of the LGBTQ+ community
June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, a month that commemorates the Stonewall Uprising — considered the tipping point for what was then called the Gay Liberation Movement. Read more.


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Professional
You can help Michigan reach COVID‑19 vaccination benchmarks
Here are resources for TurningPoint musculoskeletal surgical quality and safety management program
We’re enhancing TurningPoint surgical quality and safety management program to improve your experience
Answers to FAQs about Blue Cross and BCN patient experience survey now available
Medical coverage expanding under some Ford salaried plans for members who are transgender
Starting July 1, we’ll change how we cover some drugs on the Preferred Drug List
Quarterly update: Requirements changed for some commercial medical benefit drugs
Pharmacy Opportunities Focus updated for Spring 2021
Post‑discharge medication reconciliation crucial to patient safety and care coordination efforts
Medicare Star Ratings: More ICD‑10 codes added to exclusion list for SUPD measure
The role of statin therapy in patients with cardiovascular disease
Spravato and Panzyga to require prior authorization starting July 12 for Blue Cross URMBT non‑Medicare members
Medicare 2% sequestration moratorium extended to Dec. 31, 2021
Reminder: Concierge practices must comply with their Blue Cross affiliation agreements
Provider Experience transitioning to new provider training site June 1
Virtual provider symposiums to focus on patient experience, HEDIS, documentation and coding
Lunch and learn webinars for physicians and coders focus on risk adjustment, coding
Here are resources to help FEP members with cancer screenings, low back pain
Blue Cross now accepts electronic signatures on provider enrollment and contracting documents
eviCore to post category updates online for outpatient physical therapy providers
Alacura Medical Transport Management updates phone number
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