RA Messages for December 18, 2001

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PHARMACY PROVIDERS, PLEASE NOTE!!!

IF YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT THE COVERAGE OF A DRUG PRODUCT, PLEASE CONTACT THE PBM HELP DESK AT 1-800-648-0790.

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PLEASE MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE 12/9/00 VERSION OF APPENDIX C:

IF YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT THE COVERAGE OF A DRUG PRODUCT, PLEASE CONTACT THE PBM HELP DESK AT 1-800-648-0790.

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ATTENTION ALL MEDICAID PROVIDERS

THE ANNUAL STATEWIDE PROVIDER TRAINING WORKSHOPS HAVE CONCLUDED. IF YOU FAILED TO ATTEND, YOU SHOULD REQUEST COPIES OF THE TRAINING MANUALS BY CALLING PROVIDER RELATIONS TOLL FREE AT 1-800-473-2783 OR 924-5040 IN THE BATON ROUGE AREA. ALL PROVIDERS MUST COMPLY WITH POLICIES CONTAINED IN THE TRAINING MANUALS. IN ADDITION, AL OF THE PROVIDER UPDATES DATING BACK TO FEBRUARY 1991 CAN BE LOCATED AT THE WEB SITE AT WWW.LAMEDICAID.COM. 

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NOTICE TO ALL PROVIDERS

EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 2001, OBSTETRICAL AND PRENATAL SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH A PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE COMMUNITYCARE REFERRAL PROCESS. QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CHANGE MAY BE DIRECTED TO UNISYS PROVIDER RELATIONS AT 800-473-2783. 

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NOTICE TO PROVIDERS

THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) HAS ISSUED AN ALERT REGARDING THE RECALL OF BAXTER INTERNATIONAL RENAL DIALYZERS. FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS RECALL, YOU MAY CONTACT BAXTER INTERNATIONAL AT THE CENTER FOR ONE BAXTER AT 1-800-422-9837 OR 847-948-4770 (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST)

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ATTENTION ALL MEDICAID PROVIDERS

IN THE INITIAL PRINTING OF THE 2001 PROVIDER TRAINING PACKETS, CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES WAS INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF THE LIST OF COMMUNITYCARE EXEMPT SERVICES. THIS ERROR WAS CORRECTED AS ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THESE PACKETS WERE PRINTED. PLEASE CHECK YOUR 2001 TRAINING PACKET(S). IF THE COMMUNITYCARE SECTION IS IN YOUR PACKET, AND IF YOU HAVE A PACKET THAT DID NOT LIST CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES UNDER THE EXEMPT SERVICES SEGMENT OF THIS SECTION, PLEASE ADD THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR PACKET.