Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicaid (Anthem) is closely monitoring COVID-19 developments and how the novel coronavirus will impact their customers and provider partners. The Anthem clinical team is actively monitoring external queries and reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help them determine what action is necessary on their part.

To help address providers’ questions, Anthem has developed an FAQ list (https://kyha.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/PreparednessDocs/AKYPECTalkingPointsCOVID19.PDF). Please review this information regarding questions you may have.

A substantial grant from the Anthem Foundation has equipped physicians treating patients in emergency departments (EDs) across the state with new, state-of-the-art software to help make faster, more informed treatment decisions. The software, called EDie, was developed by Salt Lake City-based Collective Medical Technologies and is being provided at no cost to hospitals across the commonwealth by the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) thanks to the $250,000 grant.

The partnership enables KHA member hospitals’ access to the Collective Medical network and EDie solution, a real-time, risk-adjusted event notification and care collaboration platform. This helps KHA members identify and support high-risk patients in need and facilitates collaboration of providers across care settings. As a result, the partnership...

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicaid is inviting all network providers, coders, billers and practice managers to participate in coding education webinars throughout the month of August. The webinars provide an opportunity to:

Explore risk adjustment and how it impacts all patient types, payers and risk-sharing contracts Discover the connection between documentation, coding, risk adjustment and quality care Discuss guidelines for documentation and common electronic health record issues Earn 1.5 CEU and 1.5 CME units Sessions will be held on Thursdays:

August 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 Online registration is available now. Providers are also welcome to complete this form...

<em><img src="/Portals/5/NewsImages/Cantor.jpg" style="float: left; width: 127px; height: 193px; border-width: 3px; border-style: solid;" alt="Dr. Divya Cantor" />By: Divya B. Cantor, M.D., MBA, FACOG
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Senior Clinical Medical Director
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<p><em>Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky
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<p>As both a mother and a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist with more than 20 years of clinical practice, I have specific and quality-focused viewpoints on the standard of care provided to moms and babies.
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