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SCHA provides this forum to communicate provider news and information, as well as archiving old announcements by date, to supplement any provider-specific information you may receive via mail, etc.
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June 9, 2010 Just released! The May-Junel issue (vol. 7) of Provider Network News. Download (.pdf).
Apr. 28, 2010 Primary Care Clinic Accessibility Survey
Click here for the web-based survey that will be open starting May 1, 2010 until May 31, 2010. Minnesota health plans that offer a Special Needs Basic Care (SNBC) product need to complete an access and accessibility survey of Primary Care Clinics for members with special health needs. Six Minnesota health plans have worked together to develop a collaborative survey to reduce duplication and multiple surveys to your Primary Care Clinics. Each Primary Care Clinic will ONLY need to complete the survey ONCE.
If you have any problems accessing or completing the survey, please contact Maureen Murray at 507-431-6582 or mmurray@mnscha.org. Please complete the survey by May 31, 2010.
Thank you for providing your responses and sharing your expertise.
Mar. 30, 2010 $75k in Rural Health Collaborative Pilot Grant funding available. Read more! (.pdf).
Mar. 30, 2010 The March-April issue (vol. 6) of Provider Network News. Download (.pdf).
Feb. 16, 2010 Read SCHA's Provider Bulletin on ERA and EFT (Download .pdf).
Jan. 28, 2010 Read SCHA's Provider Bulletin on Maternal Depression Screening (Download .pdf).
Jan. 28, 2010 The Jan-Feb issue (vol. 5) of Provider Network News. Download (.pdf).
Nov. 16, 2009 New Provider Incentives for Lead Testing: We need your assistance to ensure eligible children are tested for blood lead. Monetary incentives are available. For more program details, download...(.pdf).
Nov. 4, 2009 Electronic Claim Submission Notice. Download...(.pdf).
Nov. 4, 2009 Chemical Dependency Program Claim Submission update. Download...(.pdf).
Oct. 7, 2009 SCHA Provider Bulletin regarding H1N1 virus. Read more...(.pdf).
Sept. 24, 2009 The September-October edition of "Provider Network News" is hot off the press. Read more...(.pdf).
Aug. 3, 2009 South Country Health Alliance is now part of the Minnesota Credentialing Collaborative (MCC). Read more...(.pdf).
July 23, 2009 Our second edition of our provider newsletter is now available: Provider Network News, vol. 2, July-August 2009 (.pdf). This is the last edition to be mailed out in hard copy. If you haven't already, be sure to sign up to subscribe to receive future e-newsletter versions of Provider Network News. South Country Health Alliance is now part of the Minnesota Credentialing Collaborative (MCC)
May 27, 2009 SCHA's new provider newsletter is here and hot off the press: Provider Network News, vol. 1, May-June 2009 (.pdf). Then, subscribe today to receive future issues of Provider Network News via email! SCHA will soon discontinue hard copy newsletter mailings, moving to an exclusiving electronic format. Signing up is easy and takes just two minutes using our simple online form.
Mar. 31 , 2009 SCHA is providing the following disease management programs for members: heart condition, diabetes, and asthma. The programs are designed to reinforce your treatment plan and help members understand and manage their condition. You will receive a letter from SCHA when your patient has been identified as being eligible for the programs. These members are identified through medical claims as well as self or provider referrals. Members can be referred by contacting the disease management coordinators at:
- 507-431-6065 (Susan Branstad RN)
- 507-431-6063 (Dee Ann Frodl RN)
- Or 1-866-722-7770
Sept. 4, 2007 Effective immediately, SCHA will require submission of the Voluntary Sterilization consent form along with the sterilization claim. Claims submitted without the consent form will be denied back to the provider to submit the form. Find the forms on the Provider Forms page.
Sept. 4, 2007 SCHA is able to accept NPI#s in place of Provider MAID#s ONLY if the provider has registered the NPI# with DHS. See the following DHS web page for additional information here.
Aug. 1, 2007 MMSI Health Services will no longer process notifications or prior authorization requests by phone. Please utilize the notification/authorization request forms found on MMSI's web site at www.mmsiservices.com.
To view the forms:
1. Click Forms tab
2. Click Provider Forms
3. Click Go to MN Forms
The notification/prior authorization forms are listed under heading Referral/Authorization.
Please fax all prior authorization requests to MMSI Health Services at 1-888-889-7822 or mail to:
MMSI
Attn: Health Services Department
4001 41st Street NW
Rochester, MN 55901
May 10, 2007 SCHA Authorization Requirements for CTSS and ARMHS. South Country Health Alliance has changed the authorization requirements for Children’s Therapeutic Support Services (CTSS). This change requires providers to notify MMSI prior to the start of services. MMSI will need the member’s name, identification number, initial date of service, and diagnosis. Providers will be given a notification number at that time for the initial 30 days of service.
The requirement to obtain prior authorization following the initial 30 days remains the same. The same authorization requirements will apply to the Adult Rehabilitation Mental Health Services, (ARMHS) which will become a covered benefit July 1, 2007, for South Country Health Alliance.
For questions please contact SCHA Provider Services at 1-800-995-4543.