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December 2016 Newsletter

Buprenorphine Waiver Training for Substance Use Prescribers; Response and Education to the Opioid Crisis; Payment Integrity and Claims Analysis; Reminder: ICD-10 Coding; Appointment Availability Reminder; Notify Carelon Behavioral Health Prior to Changes in Practice Information; Avoiding SPAM: Receiving Email from Carelon Behavioral Health; Maintaining Accurate Demographic Data; CMS Requirement: Medicare Program Changes; Medicaid Providers: Help Your Patients Keep Their Coverage; Attention Commercial Providers in Michigan; ProviderConnect Downtime; Carelon Behavioral Health Lens; Happy Holidays and a Reminder from Carelon Behavioral Health; Upcoming Webinars

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November 2016 Newsletter

The High Cost of Opioid Use in Your Community; Improving Transitions from Inpatient Withdrawal Management to Outpatient MAT Programs; Improving Access to Behavioral Health Care Practitioners for Medication-Assisted Treatment; Medication-Assisted Treatment: New SAMHSA Reporting Requirements; Carelon Behavioral Health Treatment Guidelines; Receiving Email from Carelon Behavioral Health; Importance of Notifying Carelon Behavioral Health Prior to Changes in Practice Information; Maintaining Accurate Demographic Data; Member Empowerment Survey; Care Coordination between Behavioral Health and Medical; Medicaid Providers: Help Your Patients Keep Their Coverage; MVP Providers: Medical Record Review; ProviderConnect Downtime; ProviderConnect Video Tutorials; Giving Value Back to our Providers; Carelon Behavioral Health Lens; Too Much Screen Time: How to Set Limits; Upcoming Webinars

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October 2016 Newsletter

Carelon Behavioral Health Bikes for Mental Health Advocacy; Member Empowerment Survey: Request for Your Opinion; Teens and Digital Harassment: Cyberbullying and Cyberstalking; Remembering “Why?”; ASAM Guideline for Medication Use in Opioid Addiction Treatment; Webinar Opportunity: The High Cost of Opioid Use in Your Community; Medicaid Providers: Help Your Patients Keep Their Coverage; Attention Medicare Advantage Providers; Importance of Notifying Carelon Behavioral Health Prior to Changes in Practice Information; New Mailing Address for Credentialing Correspondence; Communicating with Providers; CMS Requirement: Maintaining Accurate Demographic Data; New Look to Benefits in ProviderConnect; Carelon Behavioral Health Lens; Upcoming Webinars

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September 2016 Newsletter

A New Definition of Family; CMS Requirement: Maintaining Accurate Demographic Data; Communicating with Providers; 2015 Treatment Record Audit Results; What is Feedback Informed Treatment?; ProviderConnect Downtime; Provider Handbook Update:Fair Hearing Process Carelon Behavioral Health Takes On Opioid Crisis; Reducing the Risk of Suicides: Suicide Prevention Rating Scale; New Mailing Address for Credentialing Correspondence; EASNA Issues Call for Presentations for 2017 Institute; Medicaid Providers: Help Your Patients Keep Their Coverage; Reminder: Prohibition on Balance Billing Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMBs); Attention ABA Providers Serving GHI Members; Attention New York City Physicians: Training Opportunity; CAQH ProView; Carelon Behavioral Health Lens; Upcoming Webinars

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August 2016 Newsletter

Finding Peace During Traumatic Times; When Disaster or a Traumatic Event Strikes: Easing Anxiety; After a Trauma: Self-Care Tips for Dealing with Stress; North Carolina Engagement Center 2016 Key Updates Provider Newsletter is Now Available; Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder; REMINDER: Prohibition on Balance Billing Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMBs); CMS Requirement: Maintaining Accurate Demographic Data; CAQH ProViewTM Updates; Webinar Opportunity: Giving Value Back to our Providers; ProviderConnect: Capabilities and Benefits; ProviderConnect: Putting Control in Your Own Hands; Carelon Behavioral Health Lens; Upcoming Webinars

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July 2016 Newsletter

Prescription Opioid Use as a Gateway to Heroin; Request for Your Opinion: Usability Testing of New Self-Management Tools; Medication Reconciliation; Intensive Case Management Program; REMINDER: Prohibition on Balance Billing Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMBs); CMS Requirement: Maintaining Accurate Demographic Data; Upcoming ProviderConnect Webinars; Facility File Updates: What Should I Do if My Organization’s Name or Tax Identification Number Changes?; Attention Medicare Advantage Providers: Required Compliance Training; Provider Healthcare Effectiveness Data Information Set (HEDIS®) Survey; Carelon Behavioral Health Lens; Upcoming Webinars

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June 2016 Newsletter

Getting the Recognition You Deserve at Work; Usability Testing of New Self-Management Tools; Carelon Behavioral Health Helps Providers Help Members; Medicare Reminder: Prohibition on Balance Billing Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMBs) and Medicare Assignment; Quality Initiative: Ambulatory Follow-Up After Acute Inpatient Care; Coordinating Care: Keeping Key Health Care Practitioners in the Loop; Provider Healthcare Effectiveness Data Information Set Survey; CMS Requirement: Maintaining Accurate Demographic Data; CAQH ProViewTM Live Webinar Training; Change of Address: Going Green; ProviderConnect Demographic Updates: Service and Billing Locations; Carelon Behavioral Health Lens; Upcoming Webinars

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May 2016 Newsletter

What You Can Do When You Are Having a Panic Attack; Clinical Update: Medical Necessity Criteria; Improving Care Coordination; New York Providers: Electronic Prescribing Requirements; Attention Medicare Advantage Providers; Building a Sustainable Crisis System in Southwest Washington; Provider Healthcare Effectiveness Data Information Set Survey; Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; NCEC Quality Activity; Change of Address: Going Green; About Carelon Behavioral Health Lens: Recent Topics; CMS Requirement: Maintaining Accurate Demographic Data; CAQH ProView Live Webinar Trainings; Recredentialing Process Timeframe Update; Changing Your Contact Information; Modifying Your Office Hours; Upcoming Webinars

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April 2016 Newsletter

Heart and Soul: Wellness for the Mind and Body; Provider Treatment Record Documentation; Timeframe Update: Recredentialing; Monitoring Treatment Progress in Psychotherapy; Improving Screening for Metabolic Syndrome in Members Taking Antipsychotic Medications; New York Providers: Electronic Prescribing Requirements; CMS Part D Prescriber Enrollment Requirement Delayed; CMS Requirement: Maintaining Accurate Demographic Data; Change of Address: Going Green; ProviderConnect: Demographic Update; Collaborative Care Can Strengthen Depression Care Management in PCP Offices; Upcoming Webinars

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March 2016 Newsletter

Letting Go of a Friendship; CMS Part D Prescriber Enrollment Requirement Delayed; Recredentialing Process Timeframe Update; The Road Ahead: Rebranding Forms; Maintaining Accurate Demographic Data for Member Referrals; HCA Adds New Autism Benefit for Enrollees; Monitoring Treatment Progress in Psychotherapy; Alcohol Screening Programs (North Carolina Engagement Center); Carelon Behavioral Health Hosts Successful Webinar on Health Care Integration; 1099 Questions; Upcoming Webinars

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February 2016 Newsletter

Forgiveness; 1099 Questions; Carelon Behavioral Health Continues Full NCQA Accreditation as a Managed Care Organization; Learn About the Utilization Management Program; Clinical Practice Guidelines; Member Rights and Responsibilities; Confidentiality; New Preferred Laboratory: Quest Diagnostics®; Annual Review & Revision of the Carelon Behavioral Health Provider Handbook; Recredentialing Process Timeframe Update; Attention Medicare Prescribing Providers: CMS Requirement for Part D Coverage; Maintaining Accurate Demographic Data for Member Referrals ; Oscar Health Insurance is Expanding; Carelon Behavioral Health Earns Multiple Awards for Excellence in Marketing and Communications ; Integration: A Carelon Behavioral Health Webinar Opportunity; About Carelon Behavioral Health Lens; Electronic Billing Solutions; Giving Value Back to our Providers Webinar Opportunity; Upcoming Webinars

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January 2016 Newsletter

Make a 2016 Resolution to Talk About Mental Illness; Five Ways to Replace Bad Habits With Healthy Ones; 1099 Questions; Attention Medicare Prescribing Providers; Maintaining Accurate Demographic Data for Member Referrals; Recredentialing Process Timeframe Update; New Preferred Laboratory: Quest Diagnostics®; Oscar Health Insurance is Expanding; About Carelon Behavioral Health Lens; The Road Ahead: ProviderConnect Rebranding; Renaming ValueOptions to Carelon Behavioral Health; Integration: A Carelon Behavioral Health Webinar Opportunity; Upcoming Webinars