Past Issues

With our goal to make it easier for you to do business with us, we continue to add new e-tools and enhance our other online programs to help your office work with us more efficiently.

One of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive surveys about children and asthma, Children and Asthma in America, shows control of asthma in children falls far short of national treatment goals established by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health.

The Blueprint for Health^® Diabetes Program recently concluded a statewide chart review focusing on diabetes care provided for calendar year 2003.

Now there’s a simple way to keep track of childhood and adolescent immunizations with Florida SHOTS (State Health Online Tracking System).

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida’s HMO subsidiary, Health Options, Inc., is conducting the 2005 Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS^®) study.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida believes in the importance of working together with physicians and other health care professionals to meet the health care needs of Floridians and is committed to supporting physician education and community-oriented programs.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida has updated its website.

Authorization, certification, notification, referral—so many different terms are used when requesting services for members.

The following tests are not covered in the diagnosis (all ICD-9 related diagnoses) and management of dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Is that procedure covered or investigational? What documentation is required to establish medical necessity?

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida and its HMO subsidiary, Health Options^®3, follow CPT guidelines in defining new and established patients for the purpose of reporting evaluation and management services, as well as determining the appropriate billing of such visits.

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated is the network laboratory for members enrolled in our HMO and BlueOptions products.

You’ve asked to receive specific benefit information via Availity’s Eligibility and Benefits response.